Stunning masterpiece.

Rating: 10/10 (25 March 2017)

I saw this movie in total amazement.
The camera is in love with Natalie P., and so are we, as soon as we see her. And she's not without flaws, neither are the Kennedys.
Photography, music and settings are perfect. The haunting music is obsessive, so is this film.
I thought this film would be well made but maybe a tad boring, "the official story" but probably having the Chilean star director Pablo Larrain made it more "alive".
At times it's tough to watch, Jackie doesn't seem to be doing well, her stiff entourage knows it, sometimes a helping hand helps her out, most of the time she's alone.
My favourite character is the journalist, played with gusto by Billy Crudrup. He knows from the start Jackie will be a tough case, but subsequently, he makes her melt, she is probably looking for a confident, and he gets more that what he came for. His last scene tells a story that will not and cannot unfold. How we want him to "get the girl" ;). The journalist is a gentleman, doesn't profit from a damsel in distress. He "does what he's got to do".
I thought this would be a film about a historical character, but I feel now it's about the distress of a fragile woman, who doubts, complains to the priest about where God is "is it in the bullet that hit my husband's brain?", is vain and stubborn, and wonders what would have been her life had she married an "ugly, simple man".
As one of J's greatest quotes, "people want to hear fairy tales". This is not, and we are so much the better after having watched it.
The priest gets the best lines, the ones that I'll try to remember for a long time. About the meaning of life, on how much can we expect from it, on how we ALL doubt at dark nights but yet wake up again fulfilling life's routines.
You may want to watch a sunset with your loved ones afterwards. Or dance like J does with her red dress. Or bully somebody with power like Bobby does to Lyndon J. I guess.
Every person is different, yet life is a mystery. This film makes you want to savour it in all its fragility, never waist a precious moment.