A Long Burial Process

Rating: 3/10 (18 October 2018)

Natalie Portman is a great actress, but this character does not represent her strongest performance. If the goal of the picture was to focus on conflicts between the US establishment and the Kennedy family, then it succeeds. However, the film does not express Jackie in her various roles as mother, sister, benefactor, stylist, designer, and editor. The movie "Jackie" mainly explores the tragic moments of JFK's assassination. The movie shows only one side of her behavior in this stressful and shocking situation. The movie was edited in a non-sequential order. The makeup department seemed to do a disservice to Natalie Portman if their purpose was to achieve some semblance to Jackie. Casting was highlighted by the choice of Caspar Phillipson as JFK. The music frames the movie in one long burial process. Granted, much material of the assignation of JFK and the events surrounding the tragedy are sill sealed, but the filmmakers could have used more of the available details to show more aspects of Jackie's character. Example, mentioning Ann Lowe and other underrepresented a key figures related to the Kennedy family in the cinema.