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Parkland

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Chaotic events take place at Parkland Hospital in Dallas after the attack that assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
Parkland

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Critics Consensus

Although its decision to look at John F. Kennedy's assassination through uncommon perspectives is refreshing, Parkland never achieves the narrative cohesion its subject deserves.

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John Anderson America Magazine Apr 28, 2014
Had Landesman spent a bit more time on his characters and narrative, he might have made a more watchable movie. Go to Full Review
Tara Brady Irish Times Nov 27, 2013
4/5
The revelations are unshowy, the emotional clout is stealthy, and JFKologists can rest easy knowing that the project neither engages with nor contradicts their pet preoccupations. Go to Full Review
Mark Kermode Observer (UK) Nov 24, 2013
3/5
Parkland remains a bystander in the already overcrowded field of films about the events of November 1963. Go to Full Review
Matt Oakes Silver Screen Riot Oct 15, 2026
D
Try though he may have, Landesman has assassinated his own movie with a magical bullet, a bullet dosed with an extremely effective audience-tranquilizer. Go to Full Review
JD Duran InSession Film Aug 15, 2024
B+
Parkland only works if you see the film for what it’s doing. Landesman is only giving you glimpses of the situation from many different characters and perspectives. Go to Full Review
Brian D. Johnson Maclean's Magazine Aug 7, 2019
The film finds its strength in the quintet of lesser known players, especially Zapruder and, oddly enough, Oswald's stoic brother, who's cast in a heroic, almost Kennedy-esque, light. Go to Full Review
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Poe W Apr 7, 2019 Delivered to commemorate 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination and based on Vincent Bugliosi's Four Day in November, this ensemble historical drama revisits the grievous days from lesser-known perspectives of the traumatised civilians compounded by the tragedy to let on about sympathies, ironies and disquieting minutia never before told. See more
Leia L Jan 17, 2019 Otro relato de la muerte de Kennedy,es la historia que nos sumerge Landesman,Otros puntos de vista logran recrear un episodio que marca al pais de los estados unidos,Siendo este la capa menos mencionada de este evento. See more
Draco P Oct 15, 2017 Narrative cohésion? The tomatometer is erring. In only one short film, there is only so much that can be shown. The film does go through quite a bit of material and there are still secrets regarding this assassination. So, the film could not go into details it did not know. I think we get a different viewpoint. There are still a lot of questions unanswered. The biggest being, who killed JFK? His brother thinks he did, and is maybe even proud of it (according to footage not seen in the film), but in the film he supposedly is not aware he was a spy (failed maybe, but still, still... useful to take the blame for the real killer(s)). He said he did not know his brother after they met in jail. Lots of other things want to suggest the official version is accurate. However, and that is funny and/or telling, at the end there is the usual statement that this is fiction and any ressemblance with actual events or persons is unintentional. Sounds like spin of spin. Or spin to the square. See more
Theodore P Jul 6, 2017 The first 20 minutes were interesting and that's about it
Han W Jul 5, 2017 Very scattershot and bitty in its approach but the different perspectives are refreshing, and whilst not focusing on any particular individuals, you do get a general sense of what those few days did to everyone who witnessed it See more
Rey R Apr 20, 2017 3 Stars This is an okay movie, with decent performances from all cast it was plain and simple and there was beauty in it.
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Movie Info

Synopsis Chaotic events take place at Parkland Hospital in Dallas after the attack that assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
Director
Peter Landesman
Producer
Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, Bill Paxton, Nigel Sinclair, Matt Jackson
Screenwriter
Peter Landesman
Distributor
Millennium Entertainment
Production Co
Playtone Productions, Exclusive Media
Rating
PG-13 (Seq. of ER Trauma Procedures|Language|Smoking Throughout|Some Violent Images)
Genre
History, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 4, 2013, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 23, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$652.4K
Runtime
1h 34m
Sound Mix
SDDS, Dolby Digital
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