Framed around a frank interview with President Kennedy's widow, Jackie is a biopic that deals almost exclusively with her reaction to JFK's assassination, and paints the portrait of a woman who both loves history and is aware she is living it, securing, in what some would say is artificial fashion, a grand legacy for her husband despite his aborted term in the Oval Office. Jackie Kennedy essentially throws herself onto the sword of history and makes her grief and suffering as grandiose and epic as the death of a President (a word in this case couched in a sense of Royalty) deserves. Director Pablo Larraín, no stranger to the political stories (I loved his No), mixes the larger than life (as this is an experience on a scale we cannot ever know) with the nitty-gritty of funeral arrangements, while at the same time underscoring the woman's trauma, the score a kind of minimalist tinnitus that both smothers and focuses Jackie. Natalie Portman's performance is, of course, impeccable.
so dull and mannered. pacing is very slow and directionless too.
a few good ideas (largely in the camera work), a heartfelt if patchy performance from Portman, matched by an unengaging script (which does have some merits and deserves credit intermittently) make this very missable.
I haven't been as annoyed by a voice on screen since Claire Danes in Temple Grandin, or perhaps Jennifer Jason Leigh in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle.
Whether or not it was a good likeness I found erroneous; the breathy, tobacco-honed speech was like nails on a chalkboard for me - almost to the point of making the film unwatchable.
Amazing performance by Portman, which makes it kind of crazy that I have to say that this was the "worst" of the 6 movies that I got to see at the Philadelphia Film Festival!
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@Shingwauk: that was Jackie Kennedy's actual accent. Comparison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=espe9jaGBv0Siskoid
Framed around a frank interview with President Kennedy's widow, Jackie is a biopic that deals almost exclusively with her reaction to JFK's assassination, and paints the portrait of a woman who both loves history and is aware she is living it, securing, in what some would say is artificial fashion, a grand legacy for her husband despite his aborted term in the Oval Office. Jackie Kennedy essentially throws herself onto the sword of history and makes her grief and suffering as grandiose and epic as the death of a President (a word in this case couched in a sense of Royalty) deserves. Director Pablo Larraín, no stranger to the political stories (I loved his No), mixes the larger than life (as this is an experience on a scale we cannot ever know) with the nitty-gritty of funeral arrangements, while at the same time underscoring the woman's trauma, the score a kind of minimalist tinnitus that both smothers and focuses Jackie. Natalie Portman's performance is, of course, impeccable._andrea_
Top notch, believable performance by Natalie Portman.iawia
A tremendous film. My favorite movie of 2016. Natalie Portman is amazing, Mica Levi's score is moving beyond words.jacktrewin
so dull and mannered. pacing is very slow and directionless too.a few good ideas (largely in the camera work), a heartfelt if patchy performance from Portman, matched by an unengaging script (which does have some merits and deserves credit intermittently) make this very missable.
KaramAkerfeldt
Boring. And frankly I couldn't give a fuck what Jackie went through.Earring72
Strangely cold movie. VEry slow and annoying camara work with the constant close ups.....well acted and great eye for detail but movie left me cold….acoltismypassport
I haven't been as annoyed by a voice on screen since Claire Danes in Temple Grandin, or perhaps Jennifer Jason Leigh in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle.Whether or not it was a good likeness I found erroneous; the breathy, tobacco-honed speech was like nails on a chalkboard for me - almost to the point of making the film unwatchable.
elgw
Amazing performance by Portman, which makes it kind of crazy that I have to say that this was the "worst" of the 6 movies that I got to see at the Philadelphia Film Festival!Tiago Costa
4 /5Shingwauk
Natalie's constant breathy voice was annoying.