The Kennedys-mini series

[Swan4Me]

I got it from the library and its pretty good-it was pulled from broadcast and later shown on a little know cable station

The father-Joe Kennedy was really something else!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1567215/

The elder son-Joe was the one who was idolized by dad and John and Jack thought to be "lesser sons"

 

[Bren's Mom]

We watched it when it was on Reelz a few weeks back. I liked it. Dh tells me much of it is historically inaccurate, but I thought it was good anyway!

 

[denisenh]

i enjoy watching and reading anything to do with the Kennedys and did watch and enjoy the mini series..... Fascinating family!

 

[goofinoff]

I just watched it on Netflix. I too have always been intrigued with anything Kennedy. I know a lot of it was speculative but I really liked it. At times I couldn't believe how much Greg Kinneer looked like JFK!!! I found it odd that they didn't mention Ted Kennedy at all!!! I loved seeing the love between Bobby and Ethel. I had watched a miniseries on Lifetime a while back called the Kennedy Women and it pretty much depicted the same thing with the two of them.

The one thing that really left me wondering was Bobby Kennedy's involvement in Marilyn Monroe's death. He knew A LOT of people and he would do anything to keep his brother's name clean. I remember hearing years ago that a lot of people thought he may have been connected to it.

I thought the casting was great with the exception of Katie Holmes. I thought she was horrible. Everyone else was dead on from Joe Kennedy right down to Lyndon Johnson!

 

[tvguy]

We watched it when it was on Reelz a few weeks back. I liked it. Dh tells me much of it is historically inaccurate, but I thought it was good anyway!

It was a different era for sure. Not so sure about it being historically inaccurate, or just unreported in those days. But, to be honest, I grew up in a community and a household that pretty much didn't care for JFK when he was elected......based on his family's past "business" activities.

 

[mhsjax]

Havent seen it. I knew it was going to be made for TV but it didn't work out, (I think the Kennedy's objected). Anyway, I have no use what so ever for that family, so I guess it will be one that I won't see.

 

[Swan4Me]

Its interesting how the Father Joe kennedy was a womanizer-wife knew-and he actually encouraged his sons to do the same-with discretion.

In fact they mocked Bobby because he was not one

 

[goofinoff]

Its interesting how the Father Joe kennedy was a womanizer-wife knew-and he actually encouraged his sons to do the same-with discretion.

In fact they mocked Bobby because he was not one

My dad shared a hospital room with a guy who used to work at the country club that he went to in Cape Cod back in the 50s. He said he was a real SOB and treated the "hired help" like dirt. He said Mrs. Kennedy however was lovely and very polite. Joe Kennedy was obviously obsessed with his sons doing what he could never do.