Parkland is a drama based around the assassination of John F Kennedy, but focuses on the people around the edges, The Doctors and Parkland Hospital (hence the title) The Secret Service agents, The FBI, Abraham Zapruder who filmed the events on his video camera, and the family of Lee Harvey Oswald.
Perhaps the sheer number of different stories this attempts to follow is ultimately its downfall, it feels very bitty as it jumps from person to person, in what is only a 90 minute movie it tries to do too much in to short a time. Perhaps if it had just focused on one or two stories rather than trying to do 5, then it may have made for a better film by allowing for a slightly more joined up narrative and allowing time to understand the characters personalities.
That said, the acting performances are great, particularly from Zac Efron as Dr Carrico and Jacki Weaver as Mrs Oswald.
This is an interesting film, with plenty to keep the attention, and it was good to get a slightly different perspective on the events of November 1963, but it just tries to do to much in to short a time 6/10
Perhaps the sheer number of different stories this attempts to follow is ultimately its downfall, it feels very bitty as it jumps from person to person, in what is only a 90 minute movie it tries to do too much in to short a time. Perhaps if it had just focused on one or two stories rather than trying to do 5, then it may have made for a better film by allowing for a slightly more joined up narrative and allowing time to understand the characters personalities.
That said, the acting performances are great, particularly from Zac Efron as Dr Carrico and Jacki Weaver as Mrs Oswald.
This is an interesting film, with plenty to keep the attention, and it was good to get a slightly different perspective on the events of November 1963, but it just tries to do to much in to short a time 6/10
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