Hey, Ollie....Thanks For Giving Us Objective History Lessons!

Rating: 4/10 (10 July 2006)

What a prime example of the paranoia of film director Oliver Stone. Here, Mr. Stone - perhaps king of the left wing conspiracy theorists along with Michael Moore - gives us his take on the Kennedy Assassination. He makes it look convincing, too. Of course, when you are only presented one side of an argument, yours can sound pretty good, too. That's the problem with this film and the viewers who watched it, not stopping to think how biased it was in the first place.
One thing for sure, to be fair: it's an entertaining film. Kevin Costner, Kevin Bacon, Tommy Lee Jones, Laura Metaclf, Sissy Spacek, Gary Oldman and others make up a pretty impressive cast. The cinematography is slick, too, all making the long film (189 minutes) pass fairly quickly.
Thus, it's good entertainment but don't be sucked into thinking is the truth.....as in any film. Remember "Fargo" where it says in the beginning of the film that it's a true story? It turns out the whole thing was fabricated.
Maybe someone should do a conspiracy movie about Oliver Stone's films!