It’s well known that movie trailers can often make a crap movie look good, a good movie look crap, or make a movie look like it’s going to give the exact opposite message that it actually delivers. But sometimes they are faithful to the actual product. So it should be interesting to see what the actual product is with “Chappaquiddick,” a movie about how Ted Kennedy, one of the most damaging politicians in American history, got away with the drunk driving homicide of Mary Jo Kopechne.
It *looks* like it will actually take a critical view of Teddy Kennedy, but who can say. The likelihood that Hollywood would make a movie that casts a shadow over the “Lion Of The Senate” seems low, but sometimes facts slip through.
So, who wants to predict? Will this be “critical?” Will this be “balanced?” Or will it be a hagiography, with the trailer using the few seemingly-critical scenes – quite possibly not actually included in the final cut of the movie – to get butts into seats?