Killing Kennedy | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

By now, the beats of the Kennedy story are familiar to even the most casual student of history.

The pace and the performances carry the film.

Killing Kennedy deserves some credit for attempting to retell the JFK assassination in a slightly different way but it doesn't go far enough in getting at the underpinnings of Oswald's character and motivation.

You won't come away from it with any new answers, but it's a useful reminder of why the drama of that day has transfixed Americans for half a century.

Rothhaar captures the wild-eyed intensity of a man on the edge, then the focus of a man with a horrific plan to execute. Despite ourselves, we root for a different outcome, which may be the most interesting accomplishment of all.