Chappaquiddick

Renton47

As if a necessary corrective to Fitzgerald Chappa smartly shows that the spectre of death is as good an impetus as any for the second act of American life. In fact it's fairly brutal to our rosy perception that there might ever have been a moment of innocence in politics. It's the opposite approach to the usual whip-fast political drama, a pedestrian view on an average man, played like a stunned mullet.

Steve Pulaski

Infuriatingly hushed, monotone dialog and an underwhelming look at Ted Kennedy's relationships with his family members make "Chappaquiddick" a waterlogged drama. It's also one thing to make a character unsympathetic but Jason Clarke's Kennedy comes off as dumb, not to mention generally unmoving one way or another. Solid, nuanced east coast visuals and a typically great Bruce Dern performance are about all that's here

Loz Loory

1.5 The movie seems to depend on the audience already having sympathy for Ted. His character though is so off-puttingly dumb and uninteresting as portrayed; it's nonsensical and tedious to watch him treated with such deference by the police department and others. The portrayal of the incapacitated Joe Kennedy verges on camp. Would rather have seen a bio pic about Mary Jo Kopechne's life.

pluviosity

Passable. So many scenes looked like it wanted to tell more about the characters, but the payoff never really appeared, sending off the movie into an awkward attempt.

The Mayor Of Hell

Nice enough. Not formulaic as one may think going in but the formula is there all the Same. Favorite part was how they almost played teddy as a tragic figure but also as a bumbling man child, the neck brace scene was particularly funny, especially when he goes around the room trying in vain to convince his fathers team that it’s a good idea. Nice insight is teddy never really wanted to be Prez most likely

paul_quixote

Alternate title: "Boyhood" LOL! Adroit portrait of LOSERDOM, effectively conveys that EVERYTHING IS BULLSHIT, but also makes clear that NOBODY CARES. Moon Landing as 100% PR pablum is so good. The main flaw is Helms as Moral Center. We don't need dude pissing in our ear! All the stuff with Mara was so good, confounding there wasn't much more >:(

João R.

Tamed, (allegedly) impartial, and effective. I found its bleakness to be crucial.

BRAND UPON THE BRAIN!

seems so safe that it is almost unnecessary by it's own admission