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“Chappaquiddick” (Entertainment Studios)

By: The Catholic Post   -   April 7, 2018   -   Movie Review Chappaquiddick, Edward Kennedy, Joe Gargan, Joseph Kennedy, Mary Jo Kopechne, Robert McNamara

Andria Blackman and Jason Clarke star in a scene from the movie "Chappaquiddick." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Entertainment Studios)

By Catholic News Service Somber but intriguing fact-based drama about the infamous 1969 car accident on the New England island of the title involving Sen. Edward M. (Ted) Kennedy (Jason Clarke) and Mary Jo Kopechne (Kate Mara), a former staffer for Kennedy’s assassinated brother Robert, who died in the mishap. The legislator’s bizarrely irresponsible behavior […]