Great movie-making in unsupportable history

Rating: 6/10 (5 August 2014)

Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner) is the Louisiana DA in New Orleans. On November 22, 1963, president John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested and then shot by Jack Ruby. Garrison is not convinced and conducts his own investigation. He uncovers a web of strange and mysterious characters.
Director Oliver Stone is a brilliant filmmaker who uses all his skills to weave his own tale about one of the most important event in history. It is the highest of conspiracy theory all dressed in glitz and believability. The problem is that the movie is so well made that some in the audience may actually believe it. It's all spin and innuendo. Oliver Stone puts out all these questionable facts and lets the audience walk right over the edge. He even has one of the most convincing re-enactment during the trial as Kevin Costner recounts the events. It is a masterpiece. He's got quite a few good actors put in some fascinating work. In the end, it treats these tales as truths and history loses out.