A good movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since it seemed to have a decent reputation and since it was available on HBO Max, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, I can understand why this movie was very well received and, for a good while, I thought it was going to be really great. Indeed, it finally featured a really good performance from Al Pacino (which unfortunately, doesn’t say much considering how sketchy his recent track-record has been). Furthermore, Jack Kevorkian was a fascinating guy and the whole topic of euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide was really intriguing. And, yet, after a very strong start, I’m afraid the damned thing just kept repeating itself instead of going deeper into this guy and his work. At some point, it became clear that his work of assisting people in ending their life became somehow tolerated, which was already a major milestone, but he pushed it too far by doing the deed himself and, as a result, he ended up for almost 10 years in jail only because he couldn’t accept to compromise his vision. However, the fact that this character was flawed made him actually even more interesting. Unfortunately, I'm afraid the title was actually quite accurate and, at the end, you still don’t know who really Jack Kevorkian was which was slightly frustrating. In fact, for the supporting actors such as John Goodman and Susan Sarandon, it was even worse though as they were barely given anything to do even though there were 2hrs of running time. Anyway, to conclude, even if it didn’t completely blow me away, it was still a super interesting movie with a fascinating subject and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you want to see Al Pacino in something really worthwhile for once. 

7/10