angelhardt Review of Jackie

Jackie (V) (2016)

Portman and Storyline disappointing - watch "The Kennedys" series instead!

[6/10 · 29 January 2017]

I was looking forward to this movie and just returned from the movie theater, so my memories and emotions are still fresh. It was quite disappointing as it only captures the week after the assassination - there would have been so much more to tell. Having seen Katie Holmes' brilliant performance of Jackie in the series "The Kennedys", she was much more convincing while the story was embedded in a larger historic context and offered personal details and interactions. This movie refers to their challenging marriage and life as a couple in just one sentence. Bobby's character is pale and boring, and both the storyline and Portman's act did not convince me at all. I disliked the way she spoke (so artificial) and there was just not depth to her character. I was bored at times from the endless wandering of her doing nothing at the White House, what a waste of time. I don't understand the fuzz about her being worthy of an Oscar. If at all, Katie Holmes deserves it!