JACKIE
Watchable. Very slow, with heavy, sorrowful music and far too many endings. At the same time with remarkable acting by Natalie Portman as Jacqueline Kennedy and Peter Sarsgaard as Robert Kennedy. They speak in the old-fashioned manner, that of Natalie Portman much resembling the original pronunciation of Mrs. Kennedy. The film's mostly about funeral preparations and finding comfort in God. I guess I'd love to see it if I were in mourning. But I'm not and it was just tiring, very similar to last year's "Carol" in that manner. Meticulously depicted period details, just like in "Carol", too.
WHY HIM?
Watchable. Much better than the trailer. There are a couple of laughs, e.g. "Just stop talking and eat your paper!", when they are served molecular cuisine dishes wrapped in edible newspapers, but fun comes mostly from watching all the high-tech gadgets in the Silicon Valley millionaire's house causing a modern-style generation gap. While the humour is far from sophisticated, with lots of vulgar jokes and curse words, it is still enjoyable, interesting and involving.
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