Directed by: Pablo Larrain
Written by: Noah Oppenheim
Starring: Natalie Portman
Jackie stars Portman as Jackie Kennedy. This film discusses the obstacles and trauma that she went through after her husband, President John F. Kennedy, died all the way up to his funeral.
In other words, it is not a full bio pic; it is only that time period of her life.
The film though was good. Portman gave a great portrayal of the First Lady from her facial expressions to her mannerisms to even her voice. If Emma Stone didn't dance in La La Land and Isabelle Huppert wasn't raped in Elle, Portman would be next in line for awards. Her acting was on par.
One annoyance was the music. There was repeated music...well so-called music, which was really just disturbing musical tones, that overtook the film in some spots and made it difficult to hear what the characters were saying.
In addition were problems with the editing. There were some J-cuts and L-cuts that were out of sync and distrupted the film as well as some voiceovers that confused me for the first couple of seconds since it was not matching up with the moving mouths until I realized it was a voiceover.
Other than that though, I thought the film was well done. 4 popcorns.
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