Pablo Larraín’s portrait of the first lady before and following John F Kennedy’s assassination doesn’t play to the standard tropes of Hollywood biopics. It’s a singular vision
Jackie, Chilean director Pablo Larraín’s English-language debut starring Natalie Portman as Jacqueline Kennedy, boasts a commonly used framing device – but there’s nothing familiar about Larraín and screenwriter Noah Oppenheim’s treatment of their iconic subject.
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