One of the most frenetically edited studio movies ever made, JFK is a paradox, a movie of unstoppable velocity that seems to drag on forever.

| Mar 27, 2020

While Stone has certainly stirred up the waters, with good conscience and, in JFK's own parlance, "with vigah," most people are likely to regard JFK as BS.

| Dec 20, 2016

Even aside from what it's saying, and even with the many, many forced moments, JFK has a mad genius about it.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 12, 2013

| Original Score: A- | Sep 7, 2011

Sad to say, Oliver Stone's three hours of bombast did little to raise the level of discussion.

| Mar 27, 2009

There's something almost quaint about JFK now.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 2, 2009

Stone goes for the gut, but the complexity of theories surrounding the Kennedy assassination might have benefited from a cooler assessment.

| Jun 24, 2006

Too fraudulent to work as fact; too melodramatic to work as fiction.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 4, 2004

The film's insurmountable problem is the vast amount of material it fails to make coherent sense of.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | May 20, 2003

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 | May 12, 2001

Oliver Stone has created a maelstrom of images here. Seamlessly blending real black and white footage of Kennedy's murder with his own re-staged scenes, and working the two together results in a film that can't decide which way to go.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 17, 2001

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.

| Feb 13, 2001

If conspiracy theories are your cup of tea -- or if you just like a good yarn -- JFK may satisfy.

| Jan 1, 2000

JFK is a good movie, though not great art or drama.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jan 1, 2000

For all its outlandish and preachy moments, Stone's movie is anything but boring.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

A riveting marriage of fact and fiction.

| Jan 1, 2000

Compelling info-ganda.

| Jan 1, 2000

Hypnotically watchable.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: A- | Dec 20, 1991