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Parkland

PG-13 Released Oct 4, 2013 1h 34m History Drama List
51% Tomatometer 123 Reviews 48% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings
Chaotic events take place at Parkland Hospital in Dallas after the attack that assassinated President John F. Kennedy. Read More Read Less
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Although its decision to look at John F. Kennedy's assassination through uncommon perspectives is refreshing, Parkland never achieves the narrative cohesion its subject deserves.

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John Anderson America Magazine Had Landesman spent a bit more time on his characters and narrative, he might have made a more watchable movie. Apr 28, 2014 Full Review Tara Brady Irish Times The revelations are unshowy, the emotional clout is stealthy, and JFKologists can rest easy knowing that the project neither engages with nor contradicts their pet preoccupations. Rated: 4/5 Nov 27, 2013 Full Review Mark Kermode Observer (UK) Parkland remains a bystander in the already overcrowded field of films about the events of November 1963. Rated: 3/5 Nov 24, 2013 Full Review Brian D. Johnson Maclean's Magazine The film finds its strength in the quintet of lesser known players, especially Zapruder and, oddly enough, Oswald's stoic brother, who's cast in a heroic, almost Kennedy-esque, light. Aug 7, 2019 Full Review Chris Davies One Room With A View What might have made a terrific television series is instead a mediocre - if historically interesting - film. Rated: 3/5 Jun 7, 2019 Full Review Patrick Gamble CineVue Parkland is little more than the audible whimper of a people ruminating over a great tragedy. Rated: 2/5 Mar 6, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 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 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 out of 5 stars 05/29/23 Full Review andrew p Don't understand the low rating people give this film. Won't go over what it's about as previous reviewers have already done so. I want to say it's refreshing, fast paced, and would or should satisfy anyone who enjoys American history. The filmmakers succeeded in exactly what they wanted the viewer to feel, grief, anger, hate which so many felt those days in late 1963. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 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 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 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Chaotic events take place at Parkland Hospital in Dallas after the attack that assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
Director
Peter Landesman
Producer
Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, Bill Paxton, Nigel Sinclair, Matt Jackson
Screenwriter
Peter Landesman
Distributor
Millennium Entertainment
Production Co
Playtone Productions, Exclusive Media
Rating
PG-13 (Seq. of ER Trauma Procedures|Language|Smoking Throughout|Some Violent Images)
Genre
History, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 4, 2013, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 23, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$652.4K
Runtime
1h 34m
Sound Mix
SDDS, Dolby Digital
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