'Chappaquiddick' review: Selling a tragedy, the Kennedy way
by Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Apr 06, 2018
2 minutes
A political biopic's most difficult target lies in the elusive circle above character assassination and below hagiography. "Chappaquiddick" misses that target. But it's a fairly intriguing mixture of strengths and weaknesses, a case of a sharp cast and a careful director toning up a script best described as "a good try."
The film speculates on what happened in
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