Surprisingly good and gripping account of the dramatic events leading up to and surrounding the assassination of Kennedy. Excellent the way actual footage and news reels are interwoven into the whole film. The picture examines in a parallel type format the lives and wives of the main participants in this real life though fictionalized drama.Virtually all the characters in the movie are portrayed with uncanny accuracy. I got the distinct impression that most of what was being shown was a brave attempt to outline events as they actually happened; despite the years and years of allegations of a 2nd shooter, conspiracy theories etc., etc.Kennedy is shown as a decent and charismatic individual. Oswald is rightly shown to be grossly mentally disturbed, though ironically he steals the movie. Congratulations to the Nat Geo Channel for a fine production!8/10.

WE'VE NEVER BEEN big on any conspiracy theories concerning the Kennedy Assination. Nor do we believe that we, the American Public, have been clued in on all of the facts behind this atrocity of now more than a full half century ago. From our vantage point, there would seem to be only two logical parties responsible for plotting such an undertaking. That would be: a)DOMESTIC: Organized Crime (the Syndicate, the "Outfit")b)FOREIGN: Fidel and the Cubans.THAT BEING SAID, let us get on to reviewing this KILLING KENNEDY TV Movie. Okay, Schultz? AS AN OVERVIEW, we must say that much like any criminal case, it is long and slow; carefully bringing in and introducing all of the players. Other current events are mentioned that they put things in a chronological order and Historical perspective.THE STORY MOVES very slowly at its start, but it is constantly accelerating; albeit at a very low and nearly imperceptible rate. By the time we arrive at the fateful date of November 22, 1963, the pace increases to near break neck speed.SO MUCH OF the earlier portion of the film devotes itself to setting the stage for things to come. We get a glimpse into the lives of the principals; of which there are actually three, not just two. Those are JFK, Oswald and Jack Ruby.THE NARRATIVE SOMEWHAT in short-hand style shows us how the three are seemingly set on an inescapable collision course by Fatewith their intertwined destinies.CERTAINLY THERE ARE temptations to compare this rather modest production with Director Oliver Stones' JFK (Warner Brothers, 1991). Well, truth be told, there really isn't any comparison.THE PRODUCTION TEAM on this Made for TV movie did their best to recreate events as they unfolded, without any passion or any particular point of view. Although we are sure that Mr. Kennedy was a man with certain flaws (as are we all). But he was at heart an American Patriot, who believed that the USA was and is a force for Good.IN STARK CONTRAST, Stone's 3 hour personal tribute brings us many theories dramatized in realistic fashion as to render them as factual to our subconscious. Stones JFK stands as a much greater work; but Oliver is very much dishonest in his approach.

not conspiracy theories, not great revelations. only two stories and the link between them. a correct film, boring and disappointing for the fans of cool subject but, more important, a honest work. and this fact is important because , far of usual expectations, it is only a National Geographic exercise , part of a series who do not desires juggle with exotic hypothesis or conquest high rating/different public.this virtue - precision of details for each lead character. not analysis but only good points. a traditional history lesson. nothing more. so, a real good movie. if you do not ignore its basic purpose - to tell, in honest manner, a well - known story.

KILLING KENNEDY, a TV movie adaptation of a book that claims to expose the truth about Lee Harvey Oswald being the sole assassin behind the JFK murder, has to be one of the dullest movies I've ever witnessed. It comes on the back of Oliver Stone's epic-feeling JFK and the recent, excellent TV miniseries THE KENNEDYS, so what more could there possibly be to say? The answer is, not a whole lot. The idea behind KILLING KENNEDY is to present a dual narrative, one from the point of view of JFK in the years leading up to his death, the other to chronicle Oswald's life from when he first arrives in America. Unfortunately, neither plot strand is interesting, and it doesn't help that there's an insipid, TV-movie feel to the whole thing. It feels staid and safe, never dangerous, despite the natural drama of the history.Rob Lowe makes for a passable Kennedy, although he's no Greg Kinnear, just as Jack Noseworthy is no Barry Pepper. His story has been done to death and nothing new is brought to the table here. Will Rothhaar's Oswald is a little more interesting, but the drama in his life still feels subdued for some reason. Michelle Trachtenberg is unrecognisable from her early days and makes a good stab of playing Oswald's Russian wife. In the end, though, this is a film that treads water throughout, totally ignores any of the conspiracy theories behind the assassination, and ends up being incredibly dull as a result.