Chappaquiddick
Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: April 6, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
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Generally favorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
24
Mixed:
9
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

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60
TimeStephanie ZacharekApr 12, 2018
Although Chappaquiddick doesn’t address Kennedy’s subsequent legislative record, it’s the silver-lining storm cloud that hangs over the movie. Read full review
60
TheWrapInkoo KangApr 5, 2018
Chappaquiddick may or may not be what actually happened, but it gets at enough piercing truths. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranApr 5, 2018
While Chappaquiddick sheds some light on the proceedings, the film leaves us feeling, as Kennedy intimate Ted Sorensen (Taylor Nichols) puts it, "history has the final word on these things," not Hollywood. Read full review
60
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternApr 5, 2018
Many of the characters are cut from recycled cardboard, while Kennedy himself, played by Jason Clarke, remains a cipher. (Mary Jo is played by Kate Mara.) The movie makes a point of not judging him, but that only highlights the impossibility, after all these years, of penetrating the mystery of his behavior. Read full review
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)Emily YoshidaApr 4, 2018
Chappaquiddick is somehow both cynical and deeply inquisitive about the morals of every character involved. Read full review
60
CineVueChristopher MachellMar 2, 2018
The film ultimately ends up feeling like a shaggy dog story – a metaphor for Ted Kennedy, perhaps – engaging, charismatic, but ending with a whimper. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsApr 5, 2018
Chappaquiddick misses that target. But it’s a fairly intriguing mixture of strengths and weaknesses, a case of a sharp cast and a careful director toning up a script best described as “a good try.” Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyMar 2, 2018
First-time screenwriters Taylor Allen and Andrew Logan have done their homework in organizing the material but haven’t brought an argument to the table that might have zapped the film to life; everything is methodical, it covers most of the bases, but passion and vitality are crucially missing from director John Curran’s treatment. Read full review
50
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthMar 2, 2018
Chappaquiddick hardly lands with the power of an exposé, and doesn’t bite hard enough to spur a reconsideration of the Kennedys. The film revives a chapter in Kennedy history, but what it means nearly forty years later is never quite clear. Read full review
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