Jackie

Movie Review
Release on: Feb 24, 2017

Movie name	:	Jackie
Genres	:	Biography, Drama
Run time	:	100 min
Produced by	:	Juan de Dios Larraín Darren Aronofsky
Directed by	:	Pablo Larraan
Music by	:	Mica Levi
Writers	:	Noah Oppenheim
Cinematography	:	Stéphane Fontaine
Edited by	:	Sebastián Sepúlveda
Production	:	LD Entertainment Wild Bunch
Countries	:	USA

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Reviews (2)

Stars : Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, John Hurt, Richard E. Grant, Caspar Phillipson, John Carroll Lynch, Beth Grant, Max Casella, Sara Verhagen, HÃ©lÃ¨ne Kuhn, Deborah Findlay, Corey Johnson, Aidan O'Hare, Ralph Brown, David Caves, Penny Downie, Georgie Glen, Julie Judd, Peter Hudson, John Paval, Bill Dunn, Vivienne Vernes, Yann Bean, Ken Starcevic, Craig Sechler, Rebecca Compton, Bryan Ashby, David DeBoy, StÃ©phane HÃ¶hn, Serge Onteniente, Sunnie Pelant, Aiden Weinberg, Brody Weinberg, Roland Pidoux, Antoine De la MoriniÃ¨re, GÃ©rard Pierrot, Ian McCleary, Justin Schweiger, Emmanuel Herault, William Beaux d'Albenas, Nicolas Guigou, David Friszman, ChloÃ© Berthier, Eric Soubelet, Gaspard Koenig, Mathilde Ripley, Barbara Foliot, Albain Venzo, FrÃ©dÃ©rique Adler, Patrick Hamel, Kayla Anderson, Gary Ayash, Matthew Bowerman, Rick Burk, Loretta Burnette, Jay Bush II, Stephanie Cookie Carson, Alejandro Chamorro, Richard Allen Cramer, Tom Cutler, Kahil Dotay, Lindsay Dyan Epp, Nathan Ferguson, GrÃ©goire Foessel, Michael Garvey, Philip Greene, William Kaffenberger, George Kardulias, Stephen L. Kolb, Benjamin Loeh, Dan Mandel, Suzanne Martin, Neal McNeil, Sarah Middlemiss, John Mitchell, Jeff Moore, Maya Nalli, Chaz Riddle, Kelsey Saunders, Debra Smyers, Eric Supensky, Robert E Thompson, Marla Aaron Wapner, Don Whatley

Story : Jackie is a portrait of one of the most important and tragic moments in American history, seen through the eyes of the iconic First Lady, then . Jackie places us in her world during the days immediately following her husband's assassination. Known for her extraordinary dignity and poise, here we see a portrait of the First Lady as she fights to establish her husband's legacy and the world of "Camelot" that she created and loved so well.

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It starts out with a meeting between an unnamed journalist (Billy Crudup) and Jacqueline Kennedy (Natalie Portman), when the former was summoned by her to write the final word on her husband’s legacy, given the loose talk around him. She dictates the interview and compares the slain Kennedy’s short-lived presidency to the legendary Camelot. The movie shows how Jacqueline made possible, that even today, the legacy of JFK stands, even if it may not be true. It shows the public and the private face of Jacqueline, the most famous first lady ever. While the story of JFK’s assassination and the aftermath is famous, Larrain makes sure the public can see the workings of her mind.
The unusual way that the film is shot — with extreme close-ups and sixties style filters, help present a sense of that era. Portman deserves all the accolades that may come her way for her portrayal, which is the best one till date, of Jacqueline. At the start, it may be unsettling and even awkward to watch how Natalie Portman mouths her dialogues in a carefully crafted mid-Atlantic accent, or how she carries herself with an unsure grace in a TV video showing the first lady giving a guided tour of the White House to the American public. But as the movie continues, and you see Jacqueline in the time of her grief, you realise how Portman has owned the character.

( 4 / 5 ) Read full review
timesofindia.indiatimes.com

It starts out with a meeting between an unnamed journalist (Billy Crudup) and Jacqueline Kennedy (Natalie Portman), when the former was summoned by her to write the final word on her husband’s legacy, given the loose talk around him. She dictates the interview and compares the slain Kennedy’s short-lived presidency to the legendary Camelot. The movie shows how Jacqueline made possible, that even today, the legacy of JFK stands, even if it may not be true. It shows the public and the private face of Jacqueline, the most famous first lady ever. While the story of JFK’s assassination and the aftermath is famous, Larrain makes sure the public can see the workings of her mind.
The unusual way that the film is shot — with extreme close-ups and sixties style filters, help present a sense of that era. Portman deserves all the accolades that may come her way for her portrayal, which is the best one till date, of Jacqueline. At the start, it may be unsettling and even awkward to watch how Natalie Portman mouths her dialogues in a carefully crafted mid-Atlantic accent, or how she carries herself with an unsure grace in a TV video showing the first lady giving a guided tour of the White House to the American public. But as the movie continues, and you see Jacqueline in the time of her grief, you realise how Portman has owned the character.

( 4 / 5 ) Read full review

Jackie

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