This Oliver Stone epic blows me away every single time that I sit down to watch it. The direction is brilliant, the acting is stellar and the script is so well researched (I know, I own the documented script), so sharp, so thoughtful and so intriguing. Every aspect of the movie comes together perfectly, keeping you hooked throughout the entire film.

The movie takes on the hefty approach of an inner-governmental conspiracy brought to light by the unpopular new Orleans DA Jim garrison. Many people thought he was a flake, a radical, and completely insane for pursuing what seemed to be an unanswerable mystery surrounding the assassination of Presidnet Kennedy. In the film, Stone has used documents, historical facts and leads from Garrison and co.'s investigation. According to the film, Oswald was most likely exactly what he had claimed...a patsy.

I won't, under good conscience, ruin any more of the plot for any potential first-time viewers, but I will say this: this is a landmark film for american cinema. Oliver Stone has given us a film that is daring, shocking and completely convincing. Lone gunman my rear-end!...

Oliver Stone's intriguing epic about the killing of President Kennedy on November 22,1963 is a true film noir. Focusing on the investigations/obsessions of New Orleans District Attorney, Jim Garrison,-(Costner)- the viewer becomes aware of some very fishy details. After Kennedy refused to back the CIA-run-'Bay Of Pigs' invasion of Cuba, he privately set about dismantling the "Agency" due to the fact that they had contracted the Mafia to kill Castro. ~(all this is documented from Congress hearings)~ The CIA-Mafia plots against Castro are the key to understanding the JFK-assassination,i believe. Bobby Kennedy was well into his Mafia-witch-hunts at that point so the Kennedy's opposition to the CIA-Mafia-thing obviously wasn't just an itch. And the many witnesses to the assassination or friends of Ruby's or Oswald's that "died mysteriously" are just too strange to forget about. Splendid casting and powerful direction,Stone was inter-cutting 8mm,16mm & 35mm long before Mickey & Mallory hit the scene. Definately not just a re-hash of all the JFK-Conspiracy-Lore,but something much more profound. "JFK" remains an under-rated cult movie classic. One of the best movies of the 1990's. Totally exhilirating on DVD,thumbs up!

This movie must be seen, it's very complete. it explains us what really happened on November 22 1963. the murder is not lee Harvey Oswald but the CIA and Lyndon Johnson. They killed him because he wants to stop Vietnam war and stop the cold war. Johnson was just a slack.
In the beginning there is a short biography and we can see young JFK.
Read the book too !
It will explain you how great JFK was.
5 stars is not enough.
Thank Oliver stone and Jim garrison.