Jackie (Pablo Lorrain)

[Grouchy]

I'm going to be a dissenter on this movie. However, I think the comparisons with Malick are unfair. This is not an inept bore.

I think it's a well-made film with plenty of assets (acting, cinematography) but I'm unsure that I actually took something of value from it. At its best it's a portrait of grief like you guys said, which could have been made about any widow. At its worst it's a collection of random vignettes set around a very specific time period. What I do know is that it left me cold.

[DavidSeven]

Engaging and cinematically poetic. Did not feel as consciously free-form as Malick or as inauthentically deliberate as Lonergan. I think it found itself in a good medium where performance and technique were able to be effecting in real way. As with a lot of films that aim for this sort of ethereal tone, there is still a distance that keeps it from being overwhelmingly impactful or transcendent. But I do appreciate the skill and awareness it took to make this mostly compelling for its entire length.