Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy is a 1977 television movie that originally aired on ABC. Based upon the biography by Hank Searls called The Lost Prince Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy, the film chronicles the life of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., the unlucky older brother of John F. Kennedy. Young Joe stars Peter Strauss in the titular role and was directed by Richard T. Heffron.
Reviews of the film were mixed. Pittsburgh PostGazette columnist Win Fanning gave it a strongly positive review, saying that Strauss had acquitted himself brilliantly in portraying Kennedy as a driven young man. Kay Gardella of the New York Daily News gave it a moderately positive review, though she commented that Strauss, as Kennedy, had done a better job of imitating Jack Kennedy than Sam Chew, the actor who had actually played the future president. On the other hand, Chris Stoehr of The Milwaukee Sentinel thought that Strauss had been trapped in a bad production with unforgivably bad lines and a failure to show the viewer Joe Kennedys special qualities.Author Lawrence J. Quirk later summarized the films reception as respectful but yawning, and noted that it had been a disappointment for Strauss and several other actors who had seen it as a career opportunity when they joined the production. ........
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