Chicago Tribune on Oliver Stone's JFK
- Fred Litwin
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Here is a very good review of JFK from the Chicago Tribune:
Money Quote:
Most of this material is centered on the anti-Castro "homosexual cabal" that the film identifies, with homophobic frenzy, as the triggermen of the Dallas attempt: New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw (Tommy Lee Jones, comically limp-wristed), bush pilot and failed priest David Ferrie (Joe Pesci, somehow not convincing as a Southerner), and as a witness, raving hustler Willie O'Keefe (Kevin Bacon). When they aren't plotting to kill the president, they're putting on drag and posing for pornographic snapshots.
Second Money Quote:
It's a decision that may add something to the box-office appeal to "JFK," but it's also one that hilariously compromises the film's credibility -- simply the stars personas immediately eclipse the real-life figures they are supposed to be playing. One leaves "JFK" with the confused impression that Johnny La Rue and the Odd Couple have set up Sid Vicious as the fall guy for Lou Grant.
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