2/5 Pretentious embarrassment has not worn well over time
  by harrythompson (Fort Knox Rox)
When this came out it was a sensation. Upon reviewing it I see how bad it is, Costner is always horrible but here he outdoes himself, just awful. It is clear however that JFK was blown away from several different angles when you see the actual film of the assassination. Also the director is totally paranoid, and even Joe Pesci cant save this film. Verdict: avoid this film.

4/5 Good movie but bad history source.
  by Movie Lover (Beech Grove, IN United States)
I like the movie and all, but what's up with Oliver Stone changing the facts? There was one person involved with the Kennedy assasination, not three. Lee Harvey Oswald was not homosexual, (though thats not that important, I just wanted to clarify that), and some of the conspiracy facts in the movie aren't true as well. If your looking for a movie to enjoy, then pick it up. If your looking for a history source on JFK, then it's not for you.

3/5 The Ultimate Myth & Urban Legend
  by L. Cabos (planet earth)
If there was ever a more disreputable character in modern American history than the late Jim Garrison, it doesn't come to mind. He ruined lives, committed criminal fraud and in the end the people of New Orleans threw him out of office. Yet this slick con-man is the Gary Cooper-like Everyman in Stone's "re-imagining" of history. Oh, it is well cast and a neat thriller. History it isn't. This shouldn't come as a surprise as Oliver Stone has never let the truth get in the way of his movies. Entertaining? Yes, actually it is. Just don't kid yourself that you are getting some insight into a conspiracy that has held together for over forty years. The Kennedy Assasination now enters the same realm as Area 51, Elvis sightings and alien abductions. Much talked about without a shred of actual evidence to back up any claim. Most political assasins tend to be screwed up losers who beileve they cam be big by killing some who actually is. Oswald killed JFK and that is the truth. Accept or it doesn't alter it. Like the Theory of Evolution does not change the fact that it is a fact -- never mind the pinheads who think the world is only 10,000 years old.

5/5 It's NOT about Garrison, Garrison IS the patsy in this film!
  by T. Boards (Im out here somewhere ;))
Sometimes I cant believe the ignorance in the American public, if you think this movie was about the case Garrison brought to trail in JFK's murder, then your just as delusional as those who think LHO was the lone assasin! This movie was about "X, Mr.X"! Stone just needed a linear backdrop to put Mr. X's info into the public's eye's & ear's, why do you think he created a film where 90% can be debated by couch potatoes and politcal talking heads, But I always noticed consitantly this 1 thing, Noone ever has anything to say about the character Mr. X, why is that? is it because when viewing this part of the film ALMOST everything Mr. X states is backed by archival footage as he's speaking? or that its apart of the historical record? Mr. X IS the JFK movie! Just as Mr.Prouty IS Mr. X!

5/5 It was manipulated, but still a good story
  by Daniel Hayes
I have this on DVD, and it's a terrific film that tells about one of the tragedies in American History. November 22, 1963 was the end of the innocence of this country when President Kennedy was assassinated. I wasn't alive at the time, but I've seen alot of footage surrounding this tragedy. I feel that there's cause for both sides....the one where the Warren Report said that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the killing of Kennedy, and the theory that's presented here that there was a second shooter. I honestly don't know how far a bullet can travel from M-1 rifle which I believed Oswald used, so it's possible that Oswald could've been the lone killer considering he was a sharpshooter in the Marines. I also think that there's creedence to there being a second shooter as the film shows the footage of Kennedy's motorcade, and one of the shots looks as though it hits Kennedy by his ear which to me would've been a hard shot for Oswald to pull off from where he positioned himself, so that opens up the possibility that someone stationed closer to ground as it looks like it's a side shot from the grassy knoll, or possibly behind it. As to who actually could've done this besides Oswald may never surface, and I saw an episode on the History Channel where it's been asserted that director Oliver Stone manipulated the footage of Kennedy's motorcade to show that Kennedy was assassinated by someone else. The History Channel asserts that Stone speeded up the footage to add a few extra frames. I assert that perhaps there was someone behind the grassy knoll, and possibly fired a rifle when he heard one go off, but that asks the question if there is another shooter who fired first? This may never be solved in this lifetime.



The actual story within this movie is about the lone trial in which someone is tried for having connections to Kennedy's Assassination, and the actual outcome of the trial was that he was found "Not Guilty", so that closes the lone attempt to find out the mystery surrounding the murder of President Kennedy. There are still alot of theories out there, but nothing to bring it all together. The film had an all-star crew ranging from John Candy to Kevin Costner. There was also memorable performances from Donald Sutherland, Joe Pesci, John Larroqutte, Sissy Spacek, and Jack Lemmon, and Walter Matthau. I don't know if this movie won any Oscars, or not, but if not then a grave mistake was made.