Chappaquiddick

2017 Directed by John Curran

The Untold True Story

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.

Jason Clarke Kate Mara Ed Helms Bruce Dern Taylor Nichols Lexie Roth Andria Blackman David De Beck Olivia Thirlby Clancy Brown Damien Di Paola Matthew Lawler Bob Jaffe Bill Mootos Sigrid Lium Susan Garibotto Jim Gaffigan John Fiore Marinko Radakovic Alison Wachtler Angela Hope Smith Dustin Tucker Gillian Gordon Vincent Tycer Kate Henoch Victor Warren Thomas Kee Noah Carpenter Donald Watson Show All…

Alternative Titles

Das Alibi – Spiel der Macht, LE SECRET DES KENNEDY, The Senator, The Last Son

history drama thriller

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Popular reviews

Review by Parker of the Paradise 1

The most tense theater going experience I've had in recent memory.
Not the movie, Just when I was pronouncing the film's title to the employee in the box office, I mean.
Review by David Sims ★★★

Unsparing, horrifyingly mundane, pretty well-acted. Impressively damning. A bit dreary. Good!
Review by Jak-Luke Sharp ★★★★ 2

Signature. Apple TV
2.35:1
Color + Monochrome
16mm + 35mm
12A
”You'll never be great”
A well crafted and a strangely emotional thriller that highlights a great deal of the mystery by answering certain elements, in the same breath creating an enigmatic approach to the ordeal. Most importantly bringing the attention to the forgotten, in terms of the death of Mary Jo Kopechne. A victim in this scandal and controversy due to both the Kennedy era and Kennedy ego.
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Review by lauren ★★★ 1

you expect me to feel sorry for him?? when he knowingly let that woman die?? and he was able to go on unscathed, serve for years and years in the senate, and most of all, escape a prison sentence....TO FREEDOM!!!!????!!!???!!
Review by Erin ★★★ 1

*thick new england accent* manslaughta
Review by Kristen Yoonsoo Kim 1

that’s chappaquiddick

Recent reviews

Review by Robert Soos ★★★½

Sad tale about who writes history and who controlls the narrative, spoiler: it's always the rich and the powerful. At one point I felt genuinely disgust about this whole cover-up.
Review by The_KFC ★★★★½

Watched Chappaquiddick which is the first Kennedy movie I saw in theaters and it is a great movie. Now this may be rash but I think Jason Clarke should get an Oscar for best actor. His character was great. He played as a man who struggled to tell the public what really happened in the accident. The only issue I have is the beginning until the accident scene. It felt slow a Bit but besides that it was great. It is a great movie. A-
Review by RivoliPalace ★★½ 5

While the production value of director John Curran’s “Chappaquiddick” is admirably polished, his film sheds little insight into the life of Ted Kennedy and this particularly unfortunate incident that ended the life of Mary Jo Kopechne (Kate Mara). A major component to the films failure is in the casting of Jason Clarke in the role of Kennedy. He fails to get an adequate grasp on what would under normal circumstances be enormous grief. His concern is primarily linked to his political ambitions, his disappointment in the eyes of his father Joe Kennedy (Bruce Dern) and his inability to accurately recall and relate what transpired the night MaryJo died. The film is structured around the Senators reputation protective measures followed by…
Review by BurtReynolds ★★★½

Very well directed, acted, and shot. At the same time, imagine what someone like Fincher could have done with this.
Review by Aaron Toben ★★★

Proof that sometimes having a famous name can get you out of almost anything.
Bonus points for Ed Helms in a serious role.
Review by charlesmcgee ★★★

I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. its an important story to tell and an interesting family to learn about. good
Review by lord of chobani ★★½

DICK DRAIN

this could’ve easily been a high budget student film

why does ed helms look like every dude i’ve ever simped after
Review by donnia ★★★½

I've never seen anyone make so many bad decisions in my life
Review by jaggart09 ★★★½

Scarring and shocking. It seems like a John Grisham political thriller rather than a true life story. A great cast (including surprising turns from Ed Helms and Jim Gaffigan) make this real life story come alive. It offers no real answers and is not interested in moralizing about the goings-on and it is a better film for it.