If you’re a critic for a Hollywood trade like Variety, odds are you’re going to see just about every film that is going to be the in Best of 2018 conversation. And in consuming just the sheer amount of film content over the course of a year, you’re bound to come up with some interesting opinions. And this year, two critics for Variety, Peter Debruge and Owen Gleiberman definitely have some interesting opinions.

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If you’re looking to escape the numerous scandals coming out of the White House, you can take a breather at the multiplex with….a movie about a political scandal. “Chappaquiddick” explores the scrutiny that Ted Kennedy faced after a supposedly innocent late night drive ended up with young campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne dead.

The movie stars Jason Clarke as the embattled Kennedy clan member, with the ensemble rounded out by Kate Mara as Kopechne, Ed Helms (as Kennedy cousin Joe Gargan), Bruce Dern (as Joseph P.

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It’s not just Hollywood being rocked by sexual harassment and assault scandals, but Washington is also seeing a bright light shined on its darker corners. Al Franken, John Conyers, and Roy Moore among others have faced controversy, not to mention that the country is being led by someone who has openly bragged about crossing boundaries with women. All this is to say that “Chappaquiddick” arrives at a particularly potent time, if only to remind these kinds of stories have been around for decades.

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It’s the summer of ’69, but Senator Ted Kennedy (Jason Clarke) didn’t buy his first real six-string or start a band with the guys from school, as the Bryan Adams song goes. Instead, he’s still mourning the tragic killing of his brother Bobby Kennedy a year earlier, while mulling his own possible presidential run. To the latter end, he’s gathered together six of the “boiler-room girls” who worked on behalf of Robert Kennedy’s presidential campaign for a party.

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