Long-Winded Paranoia Theory

Rating: 4/10 (22 March 2011)

A New Orleans DA becomes obsessed with the Kennedy assassination. Although presented like a documentary, this is nothing more than a propaganda film to advance Stone's paranoid conspiracy theory. It rambles on for an ungodly three and a half hours, and it's pretty much all talk. Most of the film seems like a prologue to the final half hour, where the conspiracy theory is finally presented. Basically, Stone believes that everybody conspired against JFK, including the White House, the Pentagon, the CIA, the FBI, and the Boys Club of America. Costner's character is meant to be sincere and honorable but comes across as pompous. The large all-star cast is impressive.