Make your own mind up

Rating: 9/10 (12 January 2004)

The film follows the only trial to date related to the Kennedy assassination. Clay Shaw stands accused of conspiracy by the New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison.
Whereas the Warren commission report put forward the case for the lone killer theory, the film, or trial to be more exact, puts forward the case for a conspiracy theory. Kevin Costner is excellent as Jim Garrison and is well supported by the rest of the cast.
I'm 100% certain that I'll never be 100% certain about the facts surrounding the JFK assassination. I don't agree with the ultimate conclusion of Jim Garrison, but other conspiracy theories and the lone gunman theory are also covered by the movie. It's upto each person to decide what they believe in relation to the Kennedy assassination. In addition to the film people should also do further research before deciding on what they believe really happened. The shooting scene is horrific and is more or less guaranteed to turn your stomach - after all this is real.