Unrealistic Portrayel

Rating: 5/10 (13 March 2017)

I lived during the time of this movie and know how the Kennedy's were loved by press. The hard boiled reporter asking the questions he did in the movie and showing an attitude of toughness is totally unbelievable. Especially as that character was based on Theodore White, part of the Kennedy circle. He adored Jackie. I can only guess the screenplay was written by a journalist desperate to try and establish some credibility for that whorish profession. I also wondered, recalling how Jackie was so loved and pitied following her husbands death, that there would have been so much push back on her funeral plans. Overall I didn't buy the movie's premise and found it slow and disjointed.