We have all seen documentaries, news, reports and even movies about what followed after president Kennedy was shot but from a total different angle. Scenes of the car rushing and arriving at the hospital, Jackie with her pink dress covered in blood, Walter Cronkite removing his eyeglasses in disbelief while announcing the sad news on television, Lyndon Johnson quickly assuming the presidency, the unforgettable John-John giving a military last salute to his father, Harvey Lee Oswald being captured and later killed by Jack Ruby, and, of course, the 1,001 conspiracy theories.
Parkland is not about any of that and that is what made it so enrapturing. This movie portrays an impressive array of senses: duty, responsibility, dignity, severity, failure, decency, incompetence, shame, decorum, creative problem solving, secrecy, compassion, resilience, privacy, grief, and patriotism.
The performances given by this extremely well selected ensemble of actors were compelling, human and extremely respectful to the role of each one of the real people who not only witnessed but were involved in the saddest moment in American history.