It was a good weekend to see this film as yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the death of JFK (the film was obviously timed to be released for this event). Kennedy is an extremely popular character in Ireland. There is a JFK museum in his family's birthplace of New Ross in Wexford.
Afterwards we watched the Ireland v. New Zealand game. Rugby is a cruel sport. Ireland came within a hairs breath of beating the All Blacks and denying them their perfect season. It would have been a historical win - it has been over 100 years since Ireland has beaten the All Blacks. Truly heartbreaking.
