Review of Chappaquiddick (2018) by Michael B — 14 Jul 2018
...in memory of the bright and innocent Mary Jo Kopechne.
How did the movie Chappaquiddick get through Hollywood I will never know. It was brutally honest.
Senator Ted Kennedy pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident after causing injury. He received a two-month suspended sentence. Kennedy failed to report the incident to the authorities until the car and Kopechne's body were discovered the next morning, 10 hours after the accident. He drove his car off a bridge into a pond. He got out but left Mary alive to suffocate, trapped in the car. It was clearly a case of manslaughter, but "official deference was given to a powerful and influential politician and his family.".
"Every day that [Ted Kennedy] lived was one that Kopechne - a talented woman with political interests of her own - would not. It seemed cosmically unfair that he should have a second act when she couldn't even complete her first." Kennedy biographer Peter Canellos.
This review of Chappaquiddick (2018) was written by Michael B on 14 July 2018.
Chappaquiddick has generally received positive reviews.
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