2018 · history · drama · thriller
Chappaquiddick
Directed by John Curran1h 47m2018
Ted Kennedy's life and political career become derailed in the aftermath of a fatal car accident in 1969 that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.
Our read: Chappaquiddick (2018) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded history · drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured history / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- bleak
- cold
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