American actress Jean Seberg (Kristen Stewart) is the darling of the French New Wave with films like Breathless (1960). On a flight to L. A. for a screen test, she is taken with black activist Hakim Jamal (Anthony Mackie). She becomes the target of the FBI. FBI agent Jack Solomon (Jack O'Connell) is thrown into the case and struggles with their more troubling methods.
It's the compelling tragic true story of actress Jean Seberg. I have to assume that much if not all of Jack Solomon's story is fictionalized and there lies the problem. While I understand his purpose in the story telling, I really don't believe in that last scene. If that actually happened, she would return that material. That scene rings false. Instead of that scene, the movie should end with her suicide. That's the completion of her tragedy. In the end, her real-life story is fascinating and Kristen Stewart puts in her own personal history into the role.
It's the compelling tragic true story of actress Jean Seberg. I have to assume that much if not all of Jack Solomon's story is fictionalized and there lies the problem. While I understand his purpose in the story telling, I really don't believe in that last scene. If that actually happened, she would return that material. That scene rings false. Instead of that scene, the movie should end with her suicide. That's the completion of her tragedy. In the end, her real-life story is fascinating and Kristen Stewart puts in her own personal history into the role.