I haven't viewed this movie since it came out, but after tonight's viewing, it still holds up as an engrossing and entertaining experience. Some of it maybe fiction and some not, but as for Oswald being the lone assassin, I just don't believe it. When you hear Mr.X describe his theory, it comes eerily close to what out current President has done with Iraq.
I gave this edition only 4 stars because they really didn't need to fluff this one up by 17 minutes, a reason why it was left on the cutting room floor for theatrical release is quite apparent.
But do watch and decide for yourself...it is up to you and every American to decide and debate amongst yourselves.

So we are lead to believe that the JFK conspiracy was the most complex and perfect assignation that ever took place.
Nothing was over looked every i was dotted . Then how do conspiracy Freaks explain the Zapruder Film.
The Zapruder Film is the proof that there was no conspiracy
It was the perfect conspiracy nothing was over looked except the Guy with the Movie Camera filming the whole thing.

Why are the only Two conspiracies the United states Government can keep secret are The JFK assignation and the Roswell Saucer crash.

Answer: Because both of the above never happened

If you jettison the politics of this movie (and Stone's reputation as a muckracker), and simply look at JFK as a film, it's arguably Oliver Stone's best film and it is absolutely rivetting. It's a masterpiece of cinemtography, editing, writing, and performances. I've only seen the initial 189 minute theatrical version, and that film is my favorite Oliver Stone film. Stone's scope of this project is incredible. He not only makes an epic about the JFK assassination, but he makes it so fascinating and enthralling that you marvel as his talents as a filmmaker. The cinematography here is astounding. Robert Richardson shoots in 35mm, 8mm, and 16mm, color, black and white, tinted color, tinted black and white, and it all blends seamlessly. The editing on this monster is also a marvel (it deservedly won an Oscar for editing). The film has a ton of cuts (something in films I don't like), but Stone and his editors do wonders with it. The performances deserve special mention as well. Costner is very effective as Jim Garrison, the New Orleans prosecutor who believed in the conspiracy of JFK's assassination. Costner does a New Orleans accent very well, much better than his rather pathetic "English" one for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. There are numerous cameos in the film, but they don't feel like cameos. Stone manages to make each actor/character unique and interesting. It never feels like star spotting. Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Kevin Bacon, Donald Sutherland, Joe Pesci, and Ed Asner (as a right wing demogagoue, which is funny considering Asner is a very left wing liberal) are standouts in a magnificent cast.

When you watch this film, think of it as "Stone's interpretation of the JFK assassination". There are numerous discrepancies here (such as Garrison meeting with Mr. X, played by Sutherland. That never happened), but if you look at this film strictly as a film, it's remarkable and worthy of the accolades it has received over the years. It's one of Oliver Stone's most memorable films, and a reminder of what a great director he can be when he's on.

Stone, more than just about anyone in hollywood, has taken an assortment of God given talents and sqandered them on a career spent in creating his own version of history. What Stone doesn't understand is that if he would have just stuck with facts - instead of expanding on theories generally accepted as crackpot - this would have been a very good movie. I'd like to give it more stars but can't get past the idea that Stone is spewing out his own agenda.

Good if you don't care about real facts.

This controversial film by Oliver Stone on the JFK assasination has taken on a life all its own. I recently saw it again on HD Net and I was drawn into it all over again by the brilliant performances, Stone's direction and the story itself. Many people have criticized Stone for taking liberties with the story but this is not a documentary this is a drama!! Costner is brilliant in particular and his summation scene in court is belongs to his best work (also counting his role in Eastwood's "A Perfect World"). The aim of an artist is to make us question the truth and Stone has certainly succeeded at that. Remember how many people felt the plot in "The Manchurian Candidate" grows eerily factual as time goes by!! If you are repelled by the current events now unfolding before us--the Iraq war, the recession--do see this film again!!