One of my all time favorites.

How sad is this?

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

The Kennedy's are the worst political family behind the clintons. All the care about is advancing their politics. They don't care if the lie, steal or kill on the way. Ted should have gone to jail over this, instead, he's a hero of the left. Despicable

I was really looking forward to this movie after having read Leo Damore's landmark book Senatorial Privilege. Damore's book was landmark because Joe Gargan talked to him directly about the events surrounding that fatal evening. Ed Helms did a great job portraying Gargan in the movie. A surprising and welcome shift away from the usual clownish adult characters he has played in the past. As the "New Frontiersmen" planned the media cover-up at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis; Clancy Brown excelling here in his portrayal of the acerbic Robert McNamara; Gargan was shoved aside as the foolish cousin who got involved early and nearly destroyed Kennedy's career. In truth, this is Gargan's story as he personally and professionally paid the price for Kennedy whom he had pressured to deal immediately with the tragedy and to respectfully 'do the right thing'. Kennedy did not do the right thing. This is evident watching old Joe's dealing with the weak willed Teddie in the wake of events. Bruce Dern couldn't have been any better as the amoral and degenerate Joe Kennedy. So much power with so few spoken words. This insight into the Kennedy compound discussions and an account of the time spent between Teddie and Mary Jo after leaving the cottage and prior to the accident are the two threads that make this such a great movie. Damore did not postulate on what might have happened in either of those locations or time spans in his book. He reported facts and left it to the reader to decide what happened. The known facts were that both Kennedy and Mary Jo had been drinking; a lot. They had left the cottage to supposedly go to the ferry but Mary Jo did not take her purse. Over an hour later, Huck Look had seen the dark sedan on Cemetery Rd backup then speed off down Dyke Rd at an unusually high speed. Huck Look was an unimpeachable witness and recalled most of the license plate. Kennedy took Gargan and Marham back to the scene of the accident, then, giving up the attempted rescue, made it back to Edgartown in the wee hours of the morning. He then did nothing other than fiddle around town (and sober up) before Gargan and Markham showed up in the morning and demanded again that he report the accident. What Kennedy never revealed publicly is what Director John Curran focused on in his movie. First, what happened in that 'lost' hour and a half right before the accident, and secondly, what exactly was said and done in the compound in the weeks immediately following the accident. I believe Curran, Allen, and Logan got it right. I think they understand what was going on inside Kennedy's mind and at the compound. Other noteworthy performances are Olivia Thirlby as Rachel, the thinly veiled stage name for Esther Newberg, and Kate Mara as the unfortunate and pensive Mary Jo. The top performance is that of Jason Clarke. Physically he could be Teddy Kennedy in both looks and spoken accent. But it was in those moments when he was on the phone, or in the bath, or strutting down the streets of Edgartown that made his portrayal so important. You really got a sense of the mental torture that Kennedy was enduring. As a footnote, Damore's life was ruined by publishing his book and he committed suicide a broken man.

ChappaquiddickFinally, they have made a feature-length film about Harry Potter's favourite sport.Oops, my mistake. This drama is actually about Ted Kennedy, not the golden snitch.In July 1969 the then Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy (Jason Clarke) - brother to John and Robert Kennedy - drove his vehicle off of a Chappaquiddick Island bridge. While Ted survived the incident unscathed, his passenger, 28-year-old campaign aide Mary Jo Kopechne (Kate Mara), did not.Fearing for his family's reputation, Ted fled the crime scene, only to be cajoled in to confessing later by his cousin (Ed Helms) and his State's Attorney (Jim Gaffigan).An overlooked aspect of the late Ted Kennedy's life, this random rendition of the decades old events may or may not be entirely factual. However, the actual facts still make Teddy seem like a complete creep.Incidentally, Teddy's brothers could've helped him make it look like Mary Jo had OD'd instead. Yellow Lightvidiotreviews.blogspot.ca

While I am old enough to remember the event, it was certainly overshadowed by the moon landing which occurred at the same time and it was only as I got older did I read and understand more about the events which occurred.I read a review by a person who stated they read over 20 books on the incident and they gave it a very good rating. I enjoyed it for the acting and writing and, of course, the early depiction of what we now know as the political elite. Bruce Dern was great as Joe Kennedy even though he only spoke 6 words, "alibi" being one of them.NOW, if they would only do a movie about true Russian collusion that Ted Kennedy was involved in to stop Reagan, that may actually be more interesting and informative to Americans.