An average movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was starring Kristen Stewart, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, to be honest, I’m afraid the damned thing didn’t really work after all. First of all, even though I do have a weak spot for Kristen Stewart, I think she was miscast here. I mean, Stewart is attractive but she has a more edgy look whereas Jean Seberg was really a classic beauty and I think someone like Emma Watson would have been more suitable. A bigger issue was that, sure, Seberg was quite gorgeous but I don’t think she was such a fascinating woman. The fact that, beside ‘À bout de souffle’, her career didn't turn out to be really impressive probably didn’t help. Sure, it’s terrible how the FBI spend so much time and resources to undermine her career and her whole life in general but, to be honest, I don’t think she was the biggest victim at the time. Indeed, for all the black folks, especially the ones active in the Civil Rights movement, the situation was much more difficult and dramatic. Furthermore, obviously, she should have been able to have a romantic relationship with a black man, however, they were both married at the time so her whole act of acting like a victim was actually misguided and rather annoying. However, a subplot involving a FBI agent played Jack O'Connell who had a crisis of conscience was even more even more pathetic though. I mean, this character was obviously made up but, above all, who cares about what this guy might have felt and thought at the time? To make things worse, they also added his wife and some very generic and really half-baked domestic conflict involving this couple. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, I might have been to generous with my rating here but still think it was a decent watch though and it is worth a look, at least, if you like the genre.