Good concept, poorly executed.

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

The acting in this movie is really good.

This 8 episode mini-series that follows the much examined story of President Kennedy. There isn't much here that would surprise anybody. It's a well-mined section of history, and this series just follow the traditional road.Although there are some in this that's not in the official records, it is already much discussed. And the situations aren't done in a salacious way.What I like most about this series is the acting. Greg Kinnear and Barry Pepper are solid as the Kennedy brothers. Tom Wilkinson has the power of experience. But I was surprised most by Katie Holmes. She was just so well casted as Jackie.

"The Kennedys" was a huge disappointment for me. The script is cartoon-ish and would have worked better with animation rather than established film actors. The accents of the actors were even worse: inconsistent and nothing at all like native Bostonians. Perhaps the jarring fact that "Ethel" is better looking than "Jackie" didn't help, either. I actually met Mrs. Onassis, a few years before her death, and she was still a knockout even then. Katie Holmes was a very poor choice for the role, a Plain Jane trying to pull off an iconic beauty. Greg Kinnear isn't bad as "Jack" but he's way too short. Seeing Holmes looming over him brought back bad memories of another mismatched married couple, namely the "TomKats". Watch this overlong work at your own peril. Giggle at all the right gaffes and you might just like it a little bit more than I did.

This miniseries was disappointing. It wasn't as good as it could have been. Firstly the good points. There are some things included that were quite fascinating to watch eg the physical ailments of JFK, the Mob connection to Joe, Dr Feelgood's giving drugs to the first couple, Joe Jr's death although they could have included Kathleen's death. The womanizing was handled quite deftly. So were the civil rights issues. There are 2 major faults. Firstly the screenplay. The jumping back and forth in time is unnecessary and breaks the momentum. Also there were long moments wasted on inconsequential dialog and boring bedroom and domestic scenes. If they wanted to show intimacy they didn't need to show such insignificant moments with such banal dialog. If they had cut these out they might have expanded the time period and characters covered. The Cuban Missile Crisis took too much time. The assassination wasn't handled that well. Focus was a bit too much on Bobby's reaction than Jackie's. The casting for some roles was pretty bad. Katie Holmes was a mistake. Although she looked a bit like Jackie from some angles did a bad job of acting as Jackie. Her voice was strange. Her twitching was distracting and her crooked mouth made her look a bit like she had a stroke. Very bad choice. Barry Pepper with his small mouth didn't look like Bobby at all why he won an award beats me. Charlotte Sullivan as Monroe was a strange choice. She is pretty but didn't look or act like MM at all. With so many actresses they could have chosen why on earth her? Greg Kinnear alone looks the person he was supposed to play - JFK but his face seemed frozen at times like he didn't want to lose that special angle. The Ethel actress didn't have her demeanor or look.

"Your name is Kennedy & Kennedy's never come second." The controversial mini-series passed on by the History Channel that shows the highlights of the life of JFK (Kinnear) and RFK (Pepper). Beginning with the family preparing for election night and following them, with flashbacks, until the assassination of Bobby. Being a huge history buff, and more specifically a Kennedy buff I was very much interested in this. When I saw Greg Kinnear and Barry Pepper playing the roles of Jack and Bobby I was excited to see them in this. I was not disappointed at all. While some of the events were not exactly as they happened (Joe finding out about the assassination for one) this is still a very good account of the life of the men. Being a mini series and so much to cover almost all of the events are glossed over quickly, (the Cuban Missle Crisis is begun and finished in 42 minutes) but the important aspects are in this. The acting is fantastic from everyone, and the casting is perfect, much like Jaoquin Phoenix in "Walk The Line" no make up (besides the hair) was used and you swear that Kinnear is actually JFK. I can see why the History Channel did pass on this series though in the fact that it's not 100% accurate, but this is very much worth watching. This can easily stand up to (and in my opinion surpasses) the "John Adams" series. Overall, a fantastic award worthy series. Both for the series and the acting. Biggest problem with awards will be who to give supporting award to...Pepper or Wilkinson. Watch this! I give it an A.Would I watch again? - I will buy this.*Also try - Thirteen Days