Parkland

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Kyle M There are films that narratively documents the aftermath of a nation’s continuously occurring darkness of enforcing bleakness, but going off fresh just as it happened provokes a powerful grip with brilliant, harrowing gravitas and chilling details across shifting dramatic thrills. (B+) Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/11/24 Full Review Thomas C Having a vivid memory of the events of that weekend… And an interest in the details of the rapidfire events… I found it to be a well done and completely engaging movie. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/16/24 Full Review David H Apparently niether the critics nor the common audience are intelligent enough to appreciate this movie. It's an excellent rendition of the facts. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/09/24 Full Review David E There's nothing wrong with the film as far as the acting, direction, camera work, etc., and it's all based on mountains of historical evidence, but it's impossible to condense 4 days of constant activity into a 90 minute movie. There's just so much left out of the film from Bugliosi's 400 pages of source material that detail the murders, the investigations, and the funerals that it leaves one feeling a bit empty - everything was given just a very superficial once over and it leaves the viewer dissatisfied. It would have been better as a mini-series where everyone involved gets the attention they deserve. Still, it's not cheesy or poorly made, so it's worth an hour and a half of your time, especially if you're into U.S. history. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/29/23 Full Review tina m I am partial to this type of movie, i.e., a documentary style, closely based on relevant historical events. I hope the movie was historically accurate; I have no way to know whether it was. I would have preferred a movie that explored one or more of the conspiracy theories, because I myself believe that Oswald was not the assassin. I found the movie very difficult to watch through continuously and had to pause it and spread the watching of it over a number of days. I believe this is because the events are painful to confront plus the unrelenting pain throughout the movie plus the style of the story telling of the movie caused me to want to pause the movie frequently. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member You won't learn anything new historically, but it does tell the stories of some of the other players: Zapruder, Harvey's family, the doctors. It doesn't go into deep details - but that's not what makes this a really good movie. Instead, you get a feel for just how fast and how crazy the events directly after Kennedy's Assassination went. I found myself putting myself into the shoes of these various people and asking myself what I would have done if confronted with these events. And on that front, it was really great. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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