
On first glance, you may be inclined to think that "Jackie" is just another conventional biopic. Admittedly, I made that silly mistake myself when the project was first announced. But as a cinephile with knowledge of the work of Pablo Larrain, I should have known better. The inspired directorial vision behind such films as "No", "The Club" was never going to make a simple "cradle to grave" prestige film of the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. And so it is, "Jackie" emerges as one of the most uniquely accomplished ...