Parkland weaves together the perspectives of a handful of ordinary individuals suddenly thrust into extraordinary circumstances at Parkland Hospital in Dallas after the attack that assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
16 October 1971, Lawton, Oklahoma, USA
5 January 1950, Brooklyn, New York, USA
28 December 1970, Bryan, Texas, USA
4 August 1955, Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
5 June 1967, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
June 15, 1961 in Gary, Indiana, USA
8 May 1971, Chicago, Illinois, USA
22 July 1969, Austin, Texas, USA
30 June 1963, Quakertown, Pennsylvania, USA
18 October 1987, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
1 March 1963, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
1979, New Zealand
14 November 1949, Amory, Mississippi, USA
7 December 1976, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
16 August 1933, Los Angeles, California, USA
30 November 1955, USA
27 January 1955, Ballinger, Texas, USA
June 27, 2016
The performances are powerful, the authenticity is admirable, and the tone remains objective in its depiction of events throughout.
October 04, 2013
Somehow, all this commotion adds up to aimless inertia, in part because the movie lacks a point of view - let alone anything fresh to propose about the assassination or its peripheral players.
October 04, 2013
Takes one of the most traumatizing events of the American 20th century and turns it into a trivia digest.
October 08, 2013
Kennedy specialists will glean nothing new, and those hoping for sobriety will flinch at the camera's intrusions.
October 04, 2013
"Parkland" expends lots of energy and expertise on re-creating these infamous events, yet it is so lacking in narrative purpose that many viewers are likely to leave muttering, "Okay...but so what?"
April 16, 2014
I suppose each generation gets the JFK movie it deserves. We should feel lucky to get this one.
January 24, 2014
Parkland is a movie of simple motives. It doesn't waste time with pomp or theory, and the material is acted by those who connect with the characters like reflections in the mirror.
April 28, 2014
Had Landesman spent a bit more time on his characters and narrative, he might have made a more watchable movie.
October 10, 2014
A ( ... ) pragmatic, four-day, fly-on-the-wall view of Dallas when the 20th Century's most documented death arguably facilitated the birth of 24-hour rolling news, citizen journalism and You Tube.
January 02, 2014
Ultimately Parkland is not thought-provoking, inspiring or even brave enough to be offensive, but it does raise some interesting scenarios and is full of some very solid acting.
October 04, 2013
This episodic drama is set in Dallas during the three days after the JFK assassination, and some of it is highly charged.
October 04, 2013
Parkland is history as existential despair.
