I’ve watched this twice. You cannot watch it without thinking “ how can I be of more use to my fellow mankind.” Poignant and important now more then ever to watch.
Awesome doc. amazing footage. Told by Ethel herself and surviving kids.... .funniest part: Mummy wasn't much of a homemaker, she once fried bananas in petroleum jelly
I always liked this woman....and then I read how she stiffed an Indiana restaurateur who hosted her son's wedding reception in 1982 and could not abide her anymore. I can forgive just about anything but when a millionairess screws a working man out of $8,000 and then dodges his phone calls and then forces him to file suit to recoup what is rightfully his, well, that is nearly impossible to forgive. Parsimonious, contemptible woman.
She is notorious for this: buying dresses and wearing them and returning them for refund: shops refused to sell to her eventually. Apparently a lot of the Kennedys were like this but she picked it up from the family and became the worst for it.
@@emma7203 Some Kennedys might've done this but it was her own mother, Ann Skakel, who was notorious for not paying bills. Shops across Greenwich hated doing business with the Skakels, because they knew they wouldn't be paid. Stray dogs would frequent the Skakel property, Mrs. Skakel started feeding the dogs, and eventually the owners would come looking for them, wanting their dogs back and if the owner took them, Mrs. Skakel would send the owners a bill for dog food.
HBO, why did you waste good money making a documentary on Ethel Kennedy, she of the teeth, one of the "rah-rah girls", as Jacqueline Kennedy called her sisters-in-law? You have Jackie, the brightest and most elegant of them all or Joan, wife of Ted and the prettiest, but you make a documentary on goofie-toothie Ethel, a terrible mother, who literally let her children raise themselves. I have read several biographies on John and Jackie, and quite frankly, knowing what I know about the disagreeable Ethel, I wonder why you bothered. I can't understand what Bobby Kennedy saw in her either.
Ethel Skakel was one of the most eligible Bachelorettes in the country at the time, as her parents owned Great Lakes Carbon Corporation, one of the largest privately owned concerns in the world. Bobby had dated Patricia Skakel, who was Ethel's sister, and much prettier than Ethel. Patricia, however, dumped Bobby to marry someone else, while Ethel, waiting in the wings, swooped in. Joe Kennedy wanted each of his younger sons married to the younger Skakel girls: Patricia, Ethel, and Ann. Ann Skakel, considered to be the prettiest Skakel girl, jilted Ted Kennedy.
Can somebody plz download the full movie on this bitch! Everyone sitting around sayin how much of a good film it is; but I can't enjoy it because no one will post it. Plz SOS... just somebody is out there listening and understand where I'm coming from; you would post the full movie Ethel.
I’ve watched this twice. You cannot watch it without thinking “ how can I be of more use to my fellow mankind.” Poignant and important now more then ever to watch.
Absolutely right
the current kennedys are so disappointing compared to the og kennedy siblings...
Such an incredible lady!
I hope and pray she knows how much she is loved and admired!
God bless Ethel and her family!
What a great First Lady she would have been. So energetic and unpretentious and totally devoted to her husband and family.
Good to see her laughing+looking joyful, still willing to talk to the public despite the trauma she went through.
Awesome doc. amazing footage. Told by Ethel herself and surviving kids.... .funniest part: Mummy wasn't much of a homemaker, she once fried bananas in petroleum jelly
Roberts death was the beginning of the end.😢😢 Wonderful woman. Wonderful documentary. Lots of tears.
Rest in peace
This was BRILLIANT! What lessons to behold!
what a great documentary!!! I can't stop watching it
watched yesterday. impressive strength
Impressive
I loved this it was so good
God Bless her!
This was a great film. I saw it at Maryland Film Festival last year
This looks great. I love her face after she says "My parents weren't bedrock Democrats." MWAHAHAHA!!!
Ethel!!!!!🤗🤗🤗
Really enjoyed the film - inspiring woman!
just bought the DVD off amazon! can't wait to watch it!
Wonderful woman, hope to see this soon.
Impressive strenght
Hermosa Familia, ejemplo de valor y nobleza
excelente documental, muy conmovedor
Where's the DOC? I would watch it.
close your eyes and you'd think that Courtney was Eunice. Their voices are exactly the same!
please make their story into a movie please pretty please. it would be a really great romance movie.
I can't wait to see this. :-)
I always liked this woman....and then I read how she stiffed an Indiana restaurateur who hosted her son's wedding reception in 1982 and could not abide her anymore. I can forgive just about anything but when a millionairess screws a working man out of $8,000 and then dodges his phone calls and then forces him to file suit to recoup what is rightfully his, well, that is nearly impossible to forgive. Parsimonious, contemptible woman.
She is notorious for this: buying dresses and wearing them and returning them for refund: shops refused to sell to her eventually. Apparently a lot of the Kennedys were like this but she picked it up from the family and became the worst for it.
Yep!
@@emma7203 Some Kennedys might've done this but it was her own mother, Ann Skakel, who was notorious for not paying bills. Shops across Greenwich hated doing business with the Skakels, because they knew they wouldn't be paid. Stray dogs would frequent the Skakel property, Mrs. Skakel started feeding the dogs, and eventually the owners would come looking for them, wanting their dogs back and if the owner took them, Mrs. Skakel would send the owners a bill for dog food.
Good for her they should have taken care of their dogs
Bobby Kennedy lindo e o melhor dos Kennedys
what a cool woman!!
does anyone know where i could watch this?
I can't find this documentary anywhere.
Hola , donde puedo ver el documental subtitulado en español, gracias
Does anyone know where I can watch this? Can’t find it anywhere
im looking too, looks like the only option is to buy a dvd of it
I had to buy the dvd from HBO but that was a pre order at the time.
A woman whose triumph in the face of tragedy is exceeded only by her proclivity to procreate
How can we watch this?
At one time the whole documentary was available to view on RUclips.
If you never saw it HBO max has it
Louann
HBO, why did you waste good money making a documentary on Ethel Kennedy, she of the teeth, one of the "rah-rah girls", as Jacqueline Kennedy called her sisters-in-law?
You have Jackie, the brightest and most elegant of them all or Joan, wife of Ted and the prettiest, but you make a documentary on goofie-toothie Ethel, a terrible mother, who literally let her children raise themselves.
I have read several biographies on John and Jackie, and quite frankly, knowing what I know about the disagreeable Ethel, I wonder why you bothered. I can't understand what Bobby Kennedy saw in her either.
Ethel Skakel was one of the most eligible Bachelorettes in the country at the time, as her parents owned Great Lakes Carbon Corporation, one of the largest privately owned concerns in the world. Bobby had dated Patricia Skakel, who was Ethel's sister, and much prettier than Ethel. Patricia, however, dumped Bobby to marry someone else, while Ethel, waiting in the wings, swooped in. Joe Kennedy wanted each of his younger sons married to the younger Skakel girls: Patricia, Ethel, and Ann. Ann Skakel, considered to be the prettiest Skakel girl, jilted Ted Kennedy.
Can somebody plz download the full movie on this bitch! Everyone sitting around sayin how much of a good film it is; but I can't enjoy it because no one will post it. Plz SOS... just somebody is out there listening and understand where I'm coming from; you would post the full movie Ethel.