What is Chappaquiddick (movie)?
{{italictitle}} '''''Chappaquiddick''''' (titled '''''The Senator''''' in the UK)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/senator-2017 |title=The Senator (2018) |website=[[British Board of Film Classification]] }}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> is a 2017 American [[drama]] movie directed by [[John Curran (director)|John Curran]], and written by [[Taylor Allen]] and [[Andrew Logan]]. The [[Movie star|movie stars]] [[Jason Clarke]] as [[Massachusetts]] [[Senator]] [[Ted Kennedy]] and [[Kate Mara]] as [[Mary Jo Kopechne]], with [[Ed Helms]], [[Bruce Dern]], [[Jim Gaffigan]], [[Clancy Brown]], and [[Olivia Thirlby]]. The movie is about the 1969 [[Chappaquiddick incident]] in which [[Kennedy]] drove his car into [[Poucha Pond]], killing [[Mary Jo Kopechne]], the investigation into it and the [[Kennedy family]]'s response. It was released in the [[United States]] on April 6, 2018, by [[Entertainment Studios]].<ref name = April>{{cite web|url = http://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/chappaquiddick-moves-crowded-fall-season-april-1201889616/|title = ‘Chappaquiddick’ Moves Out of the Crowded Awards Season — Exclusive|last = Thompson|first = Ann|date = October 20, 2017|access-date = November 6, 2017|website = [[IndieWire]] |publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]}}</ref> It received positive reviews from [[critic]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/a-quiet-place-and-blockers-are-certified-fresh/|title=''A Quiet Place'' and ''Blockers'' Are Certified Fresh|first=Jeff|last=Giles|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media]]|date=April 5, 2018|access-date=April 5, 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:2017 drama movies]] [[Category:2010s historical movies]] [[Category:American drama movies]] [[Category:Swedish drama movies]] [[Category:Movies about death]] [[Category:Political movies]] [[Category:Movies set in Massachusetts]] [[Category:Movies set in the 1960s]] {{movie-stub}}