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IMDb rating 6.4
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Critic rating 5.6

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Critic Mike D'Angelo
rated 5

...best at its most phlegmatically procedural, depicting the hassle involved in finding a place right now to develop a roll of 8mm film, or the Secret Service unbolting a row of seats from Air Force One to make room for Kennedy’s coffin.

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Godfrey Cheshire
rated 5

...writer-director Peter Landesman provides an up-close-and-personal view of the events in Dallas by following the intertwined stories of several people swept up in the shooting and its aftermath.

Read full review at Roger Ebert
Critic Angie Errigo
rated 6

...this is not about getting to know these people’s lives; it’s about how they stepped up in the moment.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 6

...solid but unremarkable adaptation of Vincent Bugliosi's painstaking book...

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Jonna Vanhatalo
rated 6

Skådespelarna är bra, bilderna dramatiska och det är intressant att få se vad som skedde i periferin av mordet…

Read full review at Moviezine

Cast & Crew

Peter Landesman
Director
Mark Duplass
As Kenneth O'Donnell
Billy Bob Thornton
As Forrest Sorrels
Paul Giamatti
As Abraham Zapruder
Marcia Gay Harden
As Doris Nelson
Gil Bellows
As David Powers
Glenn Morshower
As Mike Howard

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Parkland is a powerful and thought-provoking film that recounts the chaotic events that occurred at Dallas' Parkland Hospital on the fateful day of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. The movie weaves together the perspectives of several ordinary individuals who were suddenly thrust into extraordinary circumstances, including young doctors and nurses at the hospital, the chief of the Secret Service, a bystander who captured the famous home movie of the assassination, FBI agents who interacted with Lee Harvey Oswald before the shooting, and JFK's security team who witnessed both the president's death and Vice President Lyndon Johnson's succession to office. The film provides a unique and compelling perspective on this pivotal moment in American history, shedding light on the human side of the tragedy and its impact on those who were directly involved. With an all-star cast that includes Zac Efron, Ron Livingston, Colin Hanks Marcia Gay Harden, Tom Welling, Paul Giamatti Billy Bob Thornton, Parkland is a must-see for anyone interested in American history or the human experience.

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What movies are similar to Parkland? Toggle content

Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Parkland include Hidden Figures, Green Book, The Imitation Game, First Man, Hacksaw Ridge, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.

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Parkland was released in theaters on October 4, 2013.