I won't believe it

Rating: 6/10 (15 May 2005)

This movie follows Kevin Costner as a DA who tries to find out who killed president John F. Kennedy. Wait, wasn't that Lee Harvey Oswald? Not according to Mr. Jim Garrison (the DA). In the extensive investigation he starts, he comes up with several alternative theories about a conspiracy against Kennedy. In Garrison's opinion, Oswald was just a decoy for the operation. Personally, I'm no expert about the Kennedy murder at all. But these alternative theories makes this movie too speculative. An attempt to link the American weapons industry to the assassination seems ridiculous to me. It's even implied that Lyndon B. Johnson was involved. Get a grip, people. Another downside in this movie is that it lasts too long, more than three hours. The about 30 minutes long speech from Garrison in the court at the end should at least have been cut down by half.