A movie like Jimmy could recreate highlights for two hours, and audiences would welcome the show—and likely forgive mild caricature—if it meant snuggling up to that famous droll and some of his well-worn stories. But there was more to the Pennsylvania native and a motivation of greater purpose than what was projected on the silver screen.
Read MoreMesmerizing describes the film as a whole and its incomparable lead performance from Academy Award winner Natalie Portman playing First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in the immediate hours and days following her husband's 1963 assassination. Far from a biopic and more of a psychological examination, Portman and Larrain sear the screen with emotion and imagery that is as captivating as it is difficult. It is astonishing that it takes a foreign director to create the most empowering portrait of American history put to film in years.
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