Preposterous!

Rating: 1/10 (17 June 2002)

Simply put, this is one of the worst films ever made. Maybe not in the technical sense because Oliver Stone does know how make a film; however, he's just so wrapped up in his government conspiracy psychosis, that you would be better off spending your time with a film that doesn't pretend not to be a fantasy fairy tale. I love a good conspiracy flick when it has a shred of imagination and intelligence. But Stone has so many people involved the JFK assassination that the only person I'm sure wasn't involved in this massive conspiracy/coverup was me. How could so many people be involved in JFK's murder, but absolutely no one ever came forward to cash in on the hysteria in some way or another? Like I said, preposterous. I watched this movie hoping to see something that I hadn't thought of before. Instead I got a story in which Stone apparently went to a 3rd grade class and told them to make up as many wild hypotheses as they could about the 36th president's death. The only saving grace was Walter Matthau and John Candy who are always terrific when presented with dramatic roles. I think that this movie has ruined Stone's and Kevin Costner's careers. Neither one has made a successful movie since.