Jackie

This film tells the aftermath of President Kennedy's assassination, from the perspective of his wife Jackie Kennedy. It is told through flashbacks from Jackie Kennedy and a journalist who interviews her after the dust has settled.

The assassination was such a shocking and historically significant event. There is so much material that could have made it into the film, making the legacy shine even brighter. Yet, "Jackie" is a disjointed, fragmented mess that is atrociously boring. Jackie Kennedy is portrayed to be a royally difficult woman who retorts at everything that is said to her. Her character is controlling, aggressive and deceitful. How she treats the journalist is just totally unacceptable. How she talks to her loyal staff about funeral arrangements is simply horrid. And her whispering way of speech! It is so pretentious, fake and basically revolting. I cannot find one redeeming feature in this character.

The pace is super slow, the timeline is not linear and hence I could not get into the story at all. To make things worse, the music is far too loud and frequent. It's like listening to funeral music for 90 minutes. I lost all interest in it within twenty minutes, but I persevered to see if it would get any better. And it didn't.