Nice effects though.

Don't Believe the Hype

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

This movie should have been done when he was alive , to maybe reopen the investigation. The Kennedys where all crooked beginning with the his bootlegger father just goes to show money gets you out of jail, no matter how you look at it he killed that girl of course the booze hound was drunk but he knew enough to save himself and let that girl die a slow death sleep off the booze then report it. Can't believe he was acquitted

If you want to see an hour and forty-six minutes of Ed Helms outshining Jason Clarke, then this movie is for you.

In the bonus track of the DVD of "Chappaquiddick," the film artists made the case for their film as a sincere recreation of the events on and following July 18, 1969, when Mary Jo Kopechne drowned in a vehicle driven by Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Unfortunately, the result of the film was a piece of fluff that felt more like the imaginative words of screenwriters than reality.There is no doubt that Sen. Kennedy should have been liable for manslaughter, given that he failed to call for first responders and did not even report the incident that he knew had taken the life of Miss Kopechne. There was even a house within walking distance of the bridge where Kennedy could have phoned for help. Instead, he did nothing, and that is the essence of the story of the tragedy at Poucha Pount.But this film goes well beyond what is known about the case to spin a character portrayal of a morose, self-destructive Kennedy that almost willed the tragedy at the bridge to fulfill his avoidance of having to run for president and continue the Kennedy legacy. The mood of Kennedy was gloomy and despondent throughout the film, as articulated in a line that Kennedy has "been on this path since Bobby died." But the self-loathing path was never convincing.Given the limited amount of factual information we have about the hours leading up to and following the accident, the filmmakers could have reigned in the tremendous license taken with hypothetical conversations. The banter at the party for the "boiler girls" seemed artificial and far too subdued. This was supposed to be a celebration, not a wake. Likewise, the dialogue between Kennedy and his two sidekicks, Gargan and Markham, was difficult to believe. The research team could have especially probed deeper into the testimony of Gargan. Yet another flaw in the film was the portrayal of the powerful Kennedy loyalists who served as the "fixers" in the case to ensure that Kennedy would get off with the most lenient sentence. Once again, the filmmakers twisted characters like Robert McNamara and Ted Sorensen into clichés that often lapsed into comedy. When the Chappaddick affair is likened to the Bay of Pigs incident, the film lost all of its momentum.Another glaring oversimplification was to assert that Chappaquiddick doomed Ted Kennedy's candidacy for president. This is inaccurate. It was not until a Roger Mudd interview conducted on CBS with Senator Ted Kennedy on November 4, 1979, that Kennedy's poor performance on national television made it clear that he would never unseat Jimmy Carter as the Democratic Party nominee that year. For the balance of his career, Kennedy settled on being the "Lion of the Senate," perhaps achieving more in practice than the short-lived political careers of his elder brothers.The most successful part of this substandard historical film was the dignity given to Miss Kopechne, who was a dedicated Kennedy loyalist with a bright future. As depicted in the film, the loss of this young woman was as painful as it was unnecessary.

Fails to explain who the Kennedys were, or why they were important.Boring first 12 minutes with no decent character development, just exposition and references to events not explained or portrayed.Wastes the good talent (Kate Mara and Bruce Dern)Casts comedians in 2 crucial roles. Ed Helms does his best, which kinda works, but wow is Jim Gaffigan miscast. Why would you choose comedians for these roles?Character development is non-existent.Disrespects Ted Kennedy almost as much as the audience. For no perceptible reason. (I know very little about him, but this fiction definitely hates him)(or maybe it doesn't, and it's just the incompetent film-making?)I watched this because the reviews were pretty good. I am shocked at how much I was lied to. This is not good. The production design and production quality looks great, that's the only reason I don't give this a lower rating.