Faux Pearls....

Rating: 4/10 (24 January 2020)

Firstly I must say Natalie Portman is a superb actress, but this certanly was not the roll for her. The problem is that the real Jackie Kennedy was tall & had ooddles of elegance & grace. She spoke American "Recieved Pronounciation" (Queens English) which Portman trys so hard to emulate, but fails at every attempt. JK also had gorgeous womanly curves & Portman does not. Portman is far to thin & has "angles" rather than curves. The infamous pink Chanel suit almost buries her! However Portman does "grief & tears" in character, excellently & she has the most expressive eyebrows in Hollywood. Some scenes were long, down out, boring & in some cases not needed, making the pacing far too slow. The music was also awfull, with an ear-splitting depressive drone used several times, perhaps to remind us "Hay kids be depressed!" or something...
In my view this movie falls flat at trying perhaps too hard to replicate those hellish & deeply mournful days after the Assassination of JFK. JK was a strong, willful determained & intelligent woman who had just lost her husband & was absolutely terrified for the safety of her children. Non of this comes across in this film, which is a shame. The only part that had some semblence of accuracy was the Jackie dressing, & drinking heavily to the song "Camelot" perhaps as she remembers when they had their White House "Camelot"...this was relatable, the costumes were good & the 60's period setting was done very well.
Anyway, this film is not brilliant, but it is certainly worth a watch as it is not that bad either.