CHAPPAOUIDDICK.

• Author: Doherty, Brian
• Position: FILM - Brief article

Many expected Chappaquidclick to be right-wing propaganda. After all, why make a feature-length film about what happened that 1969 night when Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) drove a car off a bridge, resulting in the death of passenger Mary Jo Kopechne, if not to score political points?

But Chappaquiddick tells a story that's not about policy, left or right, but about glamour and the often brutal assertion of privilege and power. A Kennedy fan might complain that by avoiding discussion of his politics, the movie misses the tragedy...