JFK: Critic Reviews

94%

MovieWeb: 3 reviews

83%

RottenTomatoes: 49 reviews

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Vincent Canby New York Times (Top Critic)

50

The film's insurmountable problem is the vast amount of material it fails to make coherent sense of.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)

A riveting marriage of fact and fiction.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Rita Kempley Washington Post (Top Critic)

Compelling info-ganda.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

100

Hypnotically watchable.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

Sad to say, Oliver Stone's three hours of bombast did little to raise the level of discussion.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Variety (Top Critic)

Costner may not resemble the real Garrison much ... but the actor, in a low-key but forceful performance, nicely conveys the requisite grit, curiosity and fearlessness.
Full Review » 11 years ago
John Hartl Film.com (Top Critic)

For all its outlandish and preachy moments, Stone's movie is anything but boring.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Peter Travers Rolling Stone (Top Critic)

As speculation, JFK is riveting. As proof, it's bunk. Stone has turned what he considers the crime of the century into a disturbing anomaly -- a dishonest search for truth.
Full Review » 11 years ago
John J. Puccio DVDTown.com

80

...if you can forget some of the hyperbole, JFK comes off as a first-rate mystery thriller.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy

90

Lousy history, absolutely perfect filmmaking.
Full Review » 4 years ago
TV Guide's Movie Guide

88

It is the director's evident passion to expose the deepest, darkest elements at work in society that really makes JFK come alive.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Film4

Forget about the history, just enjoy the ride.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Lori Hoffman Atlantic City Weekly

80

All over the place, but fun
Full Review » 5 years ago
Jake Euker F5 (Wichita, KS)

40

Full Review » 5 years ago
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com

100

Full Review » 5 years ago
Geoff Andrew Time Out

Stone goes for the gut, but the complexity of theories surrounding the Kennedy assassination might have benefited from a cooler assessment.
Full Review » 6 years ago
JoBlo JoBlo's Movie Emporium

90

The film's true power lies in its ability to entertain, fascinate, teach and absorb all in one sitting.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com

80

Full Review » 6 years ago
Rob Thomas Capital Times (Madison, WI)

80

You'll pick it apart later, but while it's going, it's one great political thriller.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com

60

Full Review » 7 years ago
Greg Maki Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

80

Full Review » 7 years ago
Jeffrey Overstreet Looking Closer

92

A powerful, personal exploration of a complicated and crucial period in American history. Whether or not Stone gets all of his facts right, he raises very important questions.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Jules Brenner Cinema Signals

80

Full Review » 8 years ago
Pablo Villaca Cinema em Cena

100

No melhor filme de sua carreira, Stone nao apenas cria um thriller politico brilhante como ainda prova, sem sombra de duvidas, que a morte de JFK foi um golpe de Estado.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Nell Minow Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

40

Too fraudulent to work as fact; too melodramatic to work as fiction.
Full Review » 8 years ago