the purpose of the film is a bit muddled.. The film revives a chapter in Kennedy history, but what it means nearly forty years later is never quite clear
it's his [Jason Clarke] finest work yet, and proof of his ability to excel given the right material. Constrained to that single week, "Chappaquiddick" drives to the historically and emotionally inevitable
a meticulous docudrama rivetingly recounts the tragic car accident and its aftermath; "Chappaquiddick" is exactly what you want it to be: a tense, scrupulous, absorbingly precise and authentic piece of history
a detailed but less than gripping account of a dicey Kennedy family incident... everything is methodical, it covers most of the bases, but passion and vitality are crucially missing from director John Curran's treatment
