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JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

2021

1h 58m

Documentary

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63%

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27 Reviews

76%

Audience Score

50+ Ratings

Thirty years after his film JFK, filmmaker Oliver Stone takes viewers on a journey though recently declassified evidence in the assassination of President Kennedy -- the most consequential American murder mystery of the twentieth century. Joined by Oscar-winning narrators Whoopi Goldberg and Donald Sutherland, as well as a distinguished team of forensics, medical and ballistics experts, historians, and witnesses, Stone presents compelling evidence that in the Kennedy case "conspiracy theory" is now "conspiracy fact."

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Critics Consensus

Although it's frustratingly casual with the line between facts and conjecture, JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass reaffirms Oliver Stone's gifts as an engaging raconteur.

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Barry Hertz

Globe and Mail

The sometimes mesmerizing, sometimes frustrating film proves that Stone, ever the professional provocateur, still has what it takes to rile an audience.

Mar 3, 2022

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

we are left with a jumble of loosely connected discrepancies that will do little to persuade those who expect everyday existence to be just that chaotic.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 26, 2021

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Danny Leigh

Financial Times

Stone being Stone, all is instantly conclusive. As usual too, the distinction is not always clear between declassified papers and assorted, malevolent stuff.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 25, 2021

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

Stone doesn't seek to provide answers to the Kennedy assassination, but rather to vindicate with a magnifying glass the spectrum of questions about the powers that played a key role in the disastrous episode of American history. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 7/10

Nov 26, 2022

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Taylor Baker

Drink in the Movies

Pieces of evidence like this ... and covered up eyewitness testimony leave one frustrated, but thankful to Stone for assembling an easily digestible, high quality, dummy-proof piece of journalism that ultimately provides more questions than answers.

Rated: 78/100

Nov 18, 2022

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Ricardo Rosado

Fotogramas

It can't surpass Seinfeld's "Magic Lugey," episode. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/5

May 23, 2022

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Andrea L

Having read multiple JFK assassination books including JFK: The Unspeakable and Hit List among about 6 others, much of the information in this movie is accurate and informative but poorly organized and presented by Stone. The music is absolutely horrible as so loud you cannot even hear the narration.....even though we use subtitles. The music was too loud, distracting and made following the data even more difficult. I had seen it before and remembered it was lousy, but was encouraged to "buy" it again on Prime...luckily was only 1.79 as husband fell asleep and I was so annoyed by music that we turned off after an hour. I had learned about much of information from other, more concrete sources without the loud distractions. I was surprised at the poor editing in a Stone film.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/27/24

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Jacob N

Conspiracies and nonsense.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/26/23

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Alerik A

The documentary was interesting and talks about one of my favorite presidents of all time.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/07/23

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Ronald J

Thorough and well done job of showing the holes in the Warren Report and the falsehood that Oswald acted alone. Oliver Stone is a brilliant patriot!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/10/23

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As time goes on a more materials come to light for some it's clear our government, cia with at the center of orchestrating the murder of our king. Cross reference this movie with JFK to 911, everything is a rich man's trick and there will be little doubt to what happened, and what continues to happen.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/07/23

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Pieter B

Study everything you can about JFK before you watch this. Show up with all your questions, and then this provides all the answers. Forget the hype about Stone. He did his job. Beyond shocking.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/09/23

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Synopsis

Thirty years after his film JFK, filmmaker Oliver Stone takes viewers on a journey though recently declassified evidence in the assassination of President Kennedy -- the most consequential American murder mystery of the twentieth century. Joined by Oscar-winning narrators Whoopi Goldberg and Donald Sutherland, as well as a distinguished team of forensics, medical and ballistics experts, historians, and witnesses, Stone presents compelling evidence that in the Kennedy case "conspiracy theory" is now "conspiracy fact."

Director: Oliver Stone
Producer: Robert S. Wilson
Screenwriter: James DiEugenio
Production Co: Ingenious Media, Pantagruel Productions, Ixtlan Productions
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 22, 2021
Runtime: 1h 58m

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