Fresh and Exciting

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Although purportedly this film is based on Bill O'Reilly's book of the same title, Killing Kennedy might well have been based on the Warren Commission Report. If offers tantalizing hints and glimpses at those put forth by conspiracy theorists of all kinds, the Mafia, the Communists, the ultra right wing, but no one who accepts the Warren Commission will not have any problem with this film.That being said this is a dual story of a winner and a loser. John F. Kennedy by virtue of his birth into a rich and powerful family was destined for greatness. But as Rob Lowe as JFK ruefully remarked this was supposed to be for his older brother Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. who was killed in World War II. The loser was ne'er do well Lee Harvey Oswald played by Will Rothbaar who became a Marxist/Leninist because he couldn't hold down a job. He went to Russia and found the Soviet Union not quite what he imagined it to be. Few did who made the journey. He did bring home a Russian wife whom he abused.No need to go into a plot here. I think most literate people know the bare facts of the crime of the last century. Rob Lowe does well as JFK, Jack Noseworthy is in complete simpatico with Lowe playing Robert Kennedy and Ginnifer Goodwin is a believable and credible Jackie Kennedy.This version will not however create the controversy that Executive Action or JFK did. It certainly breaks no new ground.

This movie managed to keep me watching throughout the whole thing. It was pretty close to what historically happened (or at least what we are taught, assuming that's what you believe). The movie shows an impressive amount of information, from Kennedy's affairs to Oswald's mental deterioration. The plot is good regardless of whether or not someone agrees with the Warren Commission's decision. I very much enjoyed the detail to which they portray Lee Harvey Oswald and his communist beliefs and even his family, which is often not thought of when Oswald is discussed. The way he interviewed himself to prepare for being captured and his ability to lie with incredible confidence shows the type of person Oswald was. Even though Rob Lowe's accent was a little funny, and the history is still in question after 50 years, the movie Killing Kennedy managed to show the (somewhat accepted) truth and even some of the emotion behind JFK's death.

I did not find this movie to be very engaging. Normally I enjoy historical films, but this one did not hold my attention very well. In many historical films, even though you may know how it is going to end, it can still captivate you and take you on a journey with the characters. All of the events portrayed happened very quickly, and did not give you enough time to learn much about the characters or to even see who is the hero and who is the villain, even though history has already told us. It was a short movie and might have been much more entertaining if it had been longer. It was all very intense because it did not have much time to build up, and there was not really anything that made it personal. The characters were not relatable. It was a very uninteresting movie for such an interesting topic.

well 50 years later and we still don't know who killed Kennedy more or less. we all have our theories as do I,, but for the movie, I was surprised Rob Lowe took on the job of playing Kennedy,, wow I never would have seen that coming,,, I like the young lady who played,, Lee's wife she's very talented,, didn't really learn a lot of new things,, sure there were some stuff that was interesting and played in a different light or angle that maybe I never seen of or thought of before,,, with a movie like this it should have been either 4 hours or 2 hours commercial free, not a bad movie,, but everything is so condensed it's hard to coencentrate on any one aspect of Kennedy's life,, the shooting,, the transfer of power,, all of that stuff,, should have been an 8 hour mini-series.... note to a&e,, next time,, 8-10 mini series,, and don't do the lone gunman theory we know that duck don't hunt.