The movie Chappaquiddick exceeded my very high expectations.  Not only is it a truthful exploration of the events that led up the death of May Jo Kopechne and the criminal cover-up of Ted Kennedy's culpability therein, but it goes deep into the character of the man and how he got to the depraved state of indifference to the life of a young woman who had devoted herself to "the cause" of the Kennedy family. One of the huge and pleasant surprises was the way in which, from its opening moments, the film delved in the family dynamics of the brood Joe Kennedy spawned.  Ted Kennedy comes across as the product of his father, whose ruthlessness – even following a debilitating stroke – comes through as the progenitor of the warped character of his son. Jason Clarke, who plays Teddy, is nothing less than superb.  If the character he so fully entered into were a conservative Republican, he would almost certainly earn the best...(Read Full Post)