Power and Beauty

Beauty and Power tells the sordid tale of Judith Exner (Natasha Henstridge), who claimed to have dated Frank Sinatra (John Ralston) and to have been the mistress of Jack Kennedy (Kevin Anderson, who played also Bobby Kennedy in Hoffa). The story is told in flashback, from Exner's point of view. In ...more

The story behind Beauty and Power, culled from the dubious recollections of alleged Kennedy mistress and mob connection Judith Exner, is certainly tawdry and scandalous enough to be an entertaining TV movie, but the film lacks the wit and vitality of good pulp. Director Susan Seidelman is saddled with a flat, cliché-ridden script. For example, Exner (Natasha Henstridge) describes Frank Sinatra (John Ralston) as having "something magical about him," and says of Jack Kennedy (Kevin Anderson), "The ...more