Chappaquidick
As soon as Jason Clarke (as Ted Kennedy) mutters "I'm never going to be president" in the backseat of a car immediately after fleeing a crime scene, fears of overblown grandiosity creep into John Curran's "Chappaquidick". Thankfully, it mostly steers clear of any remaining obvious moments, settling into a drama that dares to taint the Kennedy legacy just a bit through the portrait of Ted Kennedy as someone not quite worthy of the monarchistic lineage of his saintly brothers and punitive father (Bruce Dern). The other surprise here is Ed Helms as Kennedy's best friend and trusted advisor Joe Gargan, a figure that seems to have lost the most in the scandal. I'd love to see more of him in able dramas.
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