{"id":4912,"date":"2016-12-04T11:07:34","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T16:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4912"},"modified":"2026-07-14T16:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T20:55:11","slug":"jfk-1991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4912","title":{"rendered":"JFK-1991"},"content":{"rendered":"

JFK-1991<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Oliver Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Kevin Costner<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #536<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"60031474\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Reviewed December 4, 2016<\/p>\n

Grade: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n

JFK (1991) is a very well-made film. Still, it must be taken with a grain of salt, as the director, Oliver Stone, reportedly took many liberties, and the film is open to interpretation about what is true and what is embellished.<\/p>\n

At three hours and twenty-six minutes, the film is epic in proportion.<\/p>\n

The film recounts the events leading up to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy through the eyes of a former District Attorney from New Orleans, James Garrison, played by Kevin Costner.<\/p>\n

Garrison filed charges against New Orleans businessman, Clay Shaw (Tommy Lee Jones), and in his view, was in cahoots with Lee Harvey Oswald to kill the president.<\/p>\n

Stone suggested that President Lyndon B. Johnson was involved in the coup, which led to considerable controversy.<\/p>\n

The plot is quite intricate and at times tough to follow, but the editing alone is impressive. I loved the authentic, real-life<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0footage that Stone immerses throughout the film.<\/p>\n

As we know, the assassination in 1963 was tragic and fraught with controversy that still abounds today.<\/p>\n

Stone was wise to make a film of this caliber despite the lack of clarity about what is true and what is not.<\/p>\n

I guess we may never know.<\/p>\n

Oscar Nominations: 2 wins-<\/strong>Best Picture, Best Director-Oliver Stone, Best Supporting Actor-Tommy Lee Jones, Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published, Best Original Score, Best Sound, Best Cinematography (won)<\/strong>, Best Film Editing (won)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JFK-1991 Director Oliver Stone Starring Kevin Costner Scott’s Review #536 Reviewed December 4, 2016 Grade: B+ JFK (1991) is a very well-made film. Still, it must be taken with a grain of salt, as the director, Oliver Stone, reportedly took many liberties, and the film is open to interpretation about what is true and what … Continue reading JFK-1991<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[196,192,194,321,380,204],"tags":[11462,10439,905,1742,9664,12137,1740,655,11461,1163,1258,9666,1179,1532,1739,895,11460,1271,1743,1095,11792,1738,1745,1741,1744],"class_list":["post-4912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1991-films","category-dramas","category-epics","category-political-dramas","category-political-thriller-films","category-thrillers","tag-beata-pozniak","tag-brian-doyle-murray","tag-donald-sutherland","tag-ed-asner","tag-edwin-neal","tag-frank-whaley","tag-gary-oldman","tag-jack-lemmon","tag-jay-o-sanders","tag-joe-pesci","tag-john-candy","tag-john-larroquette","tag-kevin-bacon","tag-kevin-costner","tag-laurie-metcalf","tag-martin-sheen","tag-michael-rooker","tag-oliver-stone","tag-sally-kirkland","tag-sissy-spacek","tag-tomas-milian","tag-tommy-lee-jones","tag-vincent-donofrio","tag-walter-matthau","tag-wayne-knight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4912"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23287,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4912\/revisions\/23287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}