Welcome to the Earful prescreen-a-thon, where we finally hope to find a suitable 2018 film

First up today, the classic "Chappaquiddick" (dir: John Curran), the film that made history

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Hi I'm Alan and I'll be commenting on this film. Welcome, all. #Chappy18

Hello, I'm Hervey Okkles, and I'll also be commenting on this film, looking forward to it #Chappy18

Strong start with the dts and Lionsgate logo builds. Chappy starts with a BANG. #Chappy18

Don't remember the mercury variant of the DTS intro, very nice #chappy18

Edward showing up to this interview about 10% of the energy of the other Kennedys. #Chappy18

C H A P P A Q U I D D I C K #Chappy18

This 1969-style film stock looks good and accurate; makes up for our Ted not looking like him at all, and also not really having nearly enough of a boston accent? #chappy18

Ed Helms making up for the lack of other Boston accents by a million-fold. #Chappy18

About to say exactly that; running LAPS around Teddy #chappy18

I frankly haven't been paying attention to what they've been talking about, some bullshit about booking a hotel room? #chappy18

Like ten shots of the Chappaquiddick bridge in the first ten minutes — showing the knife, eh. #Chappy18

I don't think that was *the* bridge, this one was like 10 feet long

I'll take this tiny bridge for now, but ready for the big dawgs #chappy18

Everyone is semi-catatonic so far, I need more energy

It's a summer beach movie, let's have some summer vibes #chappy18

A very mumble-mouthed Kennedy. #MumbleKennedy #Chappy18

Learning important Boiler Room Girl lore #chappy18

Drink of the ep is the manhattan, whiskey neat, and martini. #Chappy18

Honestly vibing with the swank organ-based music accompanying the sailing and night-drinking scenes, it's actually a successful mood piece so far #chappy18

This is perhaps the lowest-energy film I've ever watched. #Chappy18

This is about the YOUNGEST senate majority whip of all time! We're seeing real HISTORY on screen! #chappy18

Edgartown Police going to take Teddy down #MumbleBoyIsFinished #chappy18

Getting exciting now. Our first drunk driving encounter. #Chappy18

Oh my god, it is the tiny bridge #chappy18

WE'RE IN. DUNKED. END FILM. #Chappy18

The film has done nothing to make us care about either Kennedy or the victim woman pre-dunk. #Chappy18

RIP Mary Jo, but in her brief screen time, she made a mark as one of the most memorable movie characters of all time #chappy18

Impressive heroics from everyone but Ted here. #Chappy18

His airtime off the bridge was pretty gnarly though #chappy18

Impressive that Ted got out of the car, considering that it's now hermetically sealed; hope we see a slow-mo flashback to his escape #chappy18

Ted has now stolen a boat. They'll nail him on this one for sure. #Chappy18

#TedKennedyCrimeSpree #chappy18

Down on Daggett St. #Chappy18

We're seeing his memories of Mary Jo stuck inside and suffering, but I still don't understand how he got out of the car #HowdHeGetOut #chappy18

Getting Joe on the phone! #JoeWillFixIt #chappy18

Joe is moaning and groaning (and not saying much else) #chappy18

Really good Joe Kennedy impression with these grunts. #Chappy18

We may have thought the dunk was early in the film, but we're now in minute 20 or so of dunk footage. #Chappy18 #TheFatefulDunk

We as audiences are robbed of finding out how they finally opened the car up #chappy18

Gotta admit he's a hell of a Senator though. #Chappy18

Ed Helms and Jim Gaffigan are ruining a beautifully well-mannered brunch #chappy18

"Attorney-client privilege doesn't extend to aiding and abetting" -@jimgaffigan.bsky.social #ClassicMovieQuotes #Chappy18

We're seeing an investigation by two squat old guys in white shirts and hats, I honestly thought they were the same character until I saw one had a bowtie and one had a normal necktie #chappy18

"NO ADVERTISING ON BUILDING" is a nice sign. #Chappy18

Mary Jo is now lost #chappy18

"We can't find Mary Jo" is technically true. #Chappy18

I'm not exactly sure on what level the film is supposed to function, there's something inherently interesting about a cover-up, but we need to see Ted behave more like a rascal; if it's just "boo, what a fink", I'm not sure where the energy comes from #chappy18

I say boo, what a fink! #Chappy18

Now Joe, there's a rascal #chappy18

Wow, Ted Kennedy somehow got out of the car without realizing how, and no form of egress is present

Very likely a jumper situation #chappy18

I believe a great man once said, "the true test of bravery is what you do two days afterward". #Chappy18

Joe Kennedy lookin' suave. #Chappy18

Bruce Dern as Joe is by far the most interesting thing, and their relationship the emotional core of the movie #chappy18

Clancy Brown the fixer absolutely outmogging Ed Helms (now looking limper and greasier than ever) #chappy18

As we know, an indictment would surely be a death sentence in the court of public opinion. #Chappy18

Don Giffords is now on his death certificate mission, this is getting fun #chappy18

Now we're doing some good rascal stuff. #Chappy18

Ted slumped in a chair as the best PR people in the country clean up his messes is great stuff #chappy18

"This is James Reston of the New York Times" is a really great way to answer your home phone. #Chappy18

At least three home phone lines, pretty swanky. #Chappy18

This film actually hits its stride when Ted and his crew are properly sidelined as protagonists, I'm legitimately enjoying what it's doing at this point #chappy18

Ed Helms keeping the Koepechnes entertained during the moon landing, very fun atmosphere #chappy18

It's nice to know something good came of all this: the bridge now has guardrails. #Chappy18

Now some fun hijinks, this "removing the neck brace" thing is like something out of "Tag" (2018) #chappy18

Hell yeah, time to unleash Ted #TedWillFixIt #chappy18

GOOD JOE SLAP. #JoeSlap #Chappy18

Ted sitting in his childroom bedroom and watching children's TV shows, I'm noting some subtle symbolism #chappy18

Leaving the scene, sure. But what about stealing a boat?! #Chappy18

The slowness of a movie gets even slower, as Ted Kennedy just kinda zones out for a minute before his big televised speech #SlowcoreClassics #chappy18

This movie is a classic tragedy, but the tragedy is that Ted Kennedy in his late 30s *almost* embraced being a weird fuck-up loser, but couldn't quite seal the deal, how sad #chappy18

"Moses had a temper, Peter betrayed Jesus, I have Chappaquiddick." #LegendaryMovieLines #Chappy18

Wow, the boat theft cover-up in full swing, Ted's going to hang for this #chappy18

I think we can all get behind the lack of guardrails as the key problem here. #Chappy18

Ted's right, Ed Helms is in fact so good at holding cue cards #chappy18

Ted doesn't clarify his choice in action, but is instead teasing upcoming #TheDecision #chappy18

A film truly worthy of its name. What a film. #Chappy18

Not really a *bad* movie, just kinda a slightlier tonier version of an ABC tv movie; *extremely* slow and dour for the most part

Probably not an earful movie #chappy18

This is a perfectly fine film to show in high school history class

After All's "And I Will Follow" a great needle-drop, enjoying these closing credits #chappy18