You Don't Know Jack

HBO's engaging biopic about Jack Kervorkian. It let's the story tell itself without too many bells and whistles. It is an interesting story. Somewhat analagous to "The People Vs. Larry Flynt", but not quite as epic in scope. Kervorkian is an exciting figure and Pacino's performance is (as usual) overly mannered, but subdued enough by his standards that it's engaging. He never quite vanishes into the character however. There's not much more going on than the central character. Still, it's a story I did not know all the details to that worked really great.