A very good fictional movie

Rating: 7/10 (1 May 1999)

Oliver Stone proved with this film that he is an extremely talented director. He shows that, in part, by keeping the viewer's attention rapt through the three plus hours that the movie runs. Also, with this film he proved he is a very irresponsible director. A Leni Reifenstahl for the 1990's.
Passing off nearly every bizarre rumor associated with the JFK assassination, he makes it seem that nearly everyone alive at that time was involved in the plot: the Cubans, the Mafia, the CIA, the Army, LBJ, the Campfire Girls, etc., etc. It reminded me of the character in the movie, 'Slacker' who says he is writing a book about the assassination entitled, 'Conspiracy A-Go-Go.' Also, he more than insinuates that the country would have stayed out of Vietnam and been a virtual Shangri-La. Absolute garbage on all counts. This film does an injustice to the softer-headed people in this country, whose opinions are shaped solely by moving images.
As I left the theater after viewing 'JFK,' I overhead someone, also exiting, who said that they were embarrassed to be an American. Courtesy overtook me. I wanted to say, 'I am also embarrassed that you are an American. Idiot.'