I'm not entirely sure what the story is here other than, woman who married president grieves over murder than attempts to spin into...a fairy tale (Camelot)?
Let's be honest here...today she would be seen as a nutjob. But therein lies the whispery odd performance by Natalie Portman as the titular wife of John F. Kennedy.
The movie is very much a sideline thing. The assassination is shown in grotesque reality. BUT, seemed to really need to be shown in order to explain the warped direction she turned it to be. A fabrication of two years into a presidency desperate to contain the legacy to that of Abraham Lincoln. To some, this will ring...insane. To others, a emotionally destroyed wife who lost her identity.
The cynic won't be able to look past the silliness which is uplifting the message of JFK. The empathetic will feel sorry for her. I see an oppotunist who needed a day job. But these are the eyes of the 21st century.
Do I know anymore of Jackie than before. Nope. Unfortunately, I didn't care either. The privileged who whine is a terrible topic to tackle properly. Even more odd is the support from liberals who refuse to believe she may have been much more of a gold digging vain persob, the likes of which sunk Hillary Clinton.
The tone of this movie is brilliant though. They captured the style and atmosphere to a degree I can't explain. A friend who saw it likened it to a high school production...which is accurate. With a higher budget. And the overachieving classmates. It's so well done but left me empty. Maybe that is all we know of Jackie Kennedy.
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