captivating, riveting

Rating: Null/10 (8 November 2003)

This is a very long movie. The director's cut dvd edition is 205 minutes but that didn't stop me from wanting to watch this epic movie. The JFK scandal is controversial enough as it is, so watching it for the first time can be a little confusing. A team of district attorney's led by Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner) intend to find the truth in the John Fitzgerald Kennedy assasination. JFK is a very informative fact-based story on the methods and strategies behind this great strategy. Garrison stops at nothing to find the truth and risks the lives of his co-workers and family in the process. Great cast in this movie: Costner, Pesci, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Bacon, Michael Rooker, Sissy Spacek, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matheau, Vincent D'nofrio, and Ed Asner. Besides Costners' portrayal of Garrison, Kevin Bacon was excellent as Willie O'Keefe. Excellent acting in this film. Robert Richardson deserved his cinematography Oscar and I just recently found out that he worked with Oliver Stone on NATURAL BORN KILLERS. Richardson also brought his photography work to Quentin Tarantino's new release KILL BILL which was very stylish and original. JFK was as captivating and riveting as any other film i've seen. One of my top ten favorite films. I will add another dvd to my Oliver Stone collection real soon. A for a grade