What happens when suddenly you're not the First Lady?

Rating: 8/10 (26 December 2016)

Jackie (2016/V) was directed by Pablo Larraín. This film is about the first few hours and first few days after the assassination of President John Kennedy. His wife, Jacqueline, is faced with the fact that she is now a widow with two young children. Beyond that, the immense authority that she had as First Lady is gone. The best she can do is protect her children, and plan her husband's funeral to be exactly as she wants it to be. Her hope is that the nation will remember his presidency as a time when Camelot was real.
Natalie Portman portrays Jackie Kennedy, and she demonstrates what an excellent actor she is. She doesn't really look like Jacqueline Kennedy, but she's equally slender and she wears her designer clothing with a sense of fashion and dignity, just as Mrs. Kennedy did.
This is, naturally, a sad and discouraging movie. Camelot disappeared and the memory of Camelot was tarnished by later events. The music utilizes the dark sounds of cello or bass--very sad indeed. (Of course, it reflects a very sad time for those of us who lived through it.)
This movie will work well enough on the small screen. However, we saw it at the excellent Little Theatre in Rochester, NY. Note that on December 25th, 2016, The Little was showing Jackie, Manchester by the Sea, Lion, and Fences. How many theaters in New York State were showing four movies that good on Christmas/Chanukah Day?