Film Review – Parkland

PARKLAND Paul Giamatti

This November marks the 50th anniversary of the John F. Kennedy
assassination in Dallas, Texas, making “Parkland” one of the many
endeavors to reexamine the tragedy while national attention returns.
It’s a shame the picture isn’t a more enlightening effort, as it
explores a few unique viewpoints concerning the death of the president
rarely inspected onscreen. History buffs might readily embrace the
details, but as drama, “Parkland” is unexpectedly overwrought, hoping to
mourn the unthinkable loss all over again when the material cries out
for a calm, collected procedural approach that best exposes the sheer
confusion that greeted the Secret Service, average citizens, and
hospital staff that day.
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