The film doesn't waste anytime in getting going and it maintains a good momentum pretty much throughout its ninety minute length. It focuses on members of the FBI, the Secret Service, the family of Lee Harvey Oswald, Abraham Zapruder (who filmed the 8mm footage of the kill shot while Kennedy was passing nearby in the motorcade) and of the staff of the Parkland hospital where Kennedy was brought after being shot. I thought it was a really interesting way to tell a version of a story that we all know (but, with regard to who really killed him, certainly not agree on).
The only thing that bothered me in the film was the character of Lee Harvey Oswald's mother, played by Jacki Weaver. I have no idea what she was like in real life but she's just really annoying in this. I think that people might be put off by the lack of focus on one character, but this wasn't an issue for me.
It was a nicely photographed and well edited piece of work, with some really solid performances, especially from Paul 'I am not drinking any fucking Merlot' Giamatti. It's worth a watch in my eyes.
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