As speculation, JFK is riveting. As proof, it's bunk. Stone has turned what he considers the crime of the century into a disturbing anomaly -- a dishonest search for truth.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2001
rotten:
The film's insurmountable problem is the vast amount of material it fails to make coherent sense of.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Stone goes for the gut, but the complexity of theories surrounding the Kennedy assassination might have benefited from a cooler assessment.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
Sad to say, Oliver Stone's three hours of bombast did little to raise the level of discussion.