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* BrokenAce: Downplayed with for John. He's seen as (prior to his marriage) "America's most famous bachelor", is handsome, and comes from a wealthy and well-connected family, but also struggles with everyday challenges that are enhanced because he's a public figure, such as failing his bar exam on multiple occasions and his complicated love life.

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* BrokenAce: Downplayed with for John. He's seen as (prior to his marriage) "America's most famous bachelor", is handsome, and comes from a wealthy and well-connected family, but also struggles with everyday challenges that are enhanced because he's a public figure, such as failing his bar exam on multiple occasions occasions, trying to keep a fledgling business afloat, and his complicated love life.



* TheFashionista: Beautiful, slim former model Carolyn wears very high-end and fashionable clothing. Her first encounter with John is even in her place of work, a Gap department store.

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* TheFashionista: Beautiful, slim former model Carolyn wears very high-end and fashionable clothing. Her first encounter with John is even in her place of work, a Gap Calvin Klein department store.

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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Played with among two female mourners outside of the Kennedys' home: one was a beautiful brunette and the other was an unattractive redhead. While both shared the same low opinion of JFK Jr.'s wife Caroline out of jealousy, the brunette at least expressed genuine sympathy for Caroline's mother for having to bury two of her daughters.

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* AwfulWeddedLife: The press as well as John's fangirls try to paint his marriage to Carolyn as this, calling her everything from a snob to an airhead.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Played with among two female mourners outside of the Kennedys' home: one was a beautiful brunette and the other was an unattractive redhead. While both shared the same low opinion of JFK Jr.'s wife Caroline Carolyn out of jealousy, the brunette at least expressed genuine sympathy for Caroline's mother for having to bury two of her daughters.


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* BrokenAce: Downplayed with for John. He's seen as (prior to his marriage) "America's most famous bachelor", is handsome, and comes from a wealthy and well-connected family, but also struggles with everyday challenges that are enhanced because he's a public figure, such as failing his bar exam on multiple occasions and his complicated love life.
* CelebrityIsOverrated: An ongoing theme of the film for John. Aside from having the impossible task to trying to get out of his father's shadow and seeking to have meaningful relationships with people who don't just love him for his name and his money, given how much he's been hounded by the press from the time he was a child, he soon grows disgusted by them, especially after he marries Carolyn.


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* TheFashionista: Beautiful, slim former model Carolyn wears very high-end and fashionable clothing. Her first encounter with John is even in her place of work, a Gap department store.


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* FreudianExcuse: Jackie is explicitly against John dating Creator/DarylHannah, particularly because she is an actress. Jackie has had her (or rather, her husband's) own infamous dalliance with [[Creator/MarilynMonroe an actress...]]


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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: John feels guilty after publicly criticizing his cousins in his magazine, especially after Michael dies on New Year's Eve 1997 from playing football while skiing.


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* SuddenlyShouting: John shouts at Daryl to make up her mind due to her wishy-washy response to him requesting them to visit his dying mother.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: In a past incident of Jackie's treatment after her husband's death, a random woman angrily confronts her during an outing his her children about marrying the Greek billionaire shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, referring to him as a "blank check".
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: As noted above, Carolyn and her sister Lauren die young with their mother having to grieve them.
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''America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story'' is a 2003 American MadeForTVMovie directed by Creator/EricLaneuville that follows the life of JFK Jr. (Creator/KristofferPolaha) as he struggles with his father's legacy and being intensely scrutinized by the press.

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''America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story'' is a 2003 American MadeForTVMovie directed by Creator/EricLaneuville that follows the life of JFK Jr. (Creator/KristofferPolaha) as he struggles with [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy his father's father]]'s legacy and being intensely scrutinized by the press.
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Played with among two female mourners outside of the Kennedys' home: one was a beautiful brunette and the other was an unattractive redhead. While both shared the same low opinion of Caroline out of jealousy, the brunette at least expressed genuine sympathy for Caroline's mother for having to bury two of her daughters.

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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Played with among two female mourners outside of the Kennedys' home: one was a beautiful brunette and the other was an unattractive redhead. While both shared the same low opinion of JFK Jr.'s wife Caroline out of jealousy, the brunette at least expressed genuine sympathy for Caroline's mother for having to bury two of her daughters.
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** John F. Kennedy, Jr., son of JFK and Jackie.

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** John F. Kennedy, Jr., UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedyJr, son of JFK and Jackie.
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** UsefulNotes/JacquelineKennedy, Carolyn and Jack's mother.

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** UsefulNotes/JacquelineKennedy, Carolyn Caroline and Jack's mother.
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Played with among two female mourners outside of the Kennedys' home: one was a beautiful brunette and the other was an unattractive redhead. While both shared the same low opinion of Caroline out of jealousy, the brunette at least expressed genuine sympathy for Caroline's mother for having to bury two of her daughters.


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* {{Paparazzi}}: They are abundant in the story, and of the male ''and'' female variety. The latter one angering John so much that he jumped on her car and screamed at her to leave him and his wife alone, only for her to scream back how [[NeverMyFault "it's a free country".]]
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A 2003 American TV film directed by Creator/EricLaneuville that follows the life of JFK Jr. (Creator/KristofferPolaha) as he struggles with his father's legacy and being intensely scrutinized by the press.

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A ''America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story'' is a 2003 American TV film MadeForTVMovie directed by Creator/EricLaneuville that follows the life of JFK Jr. (Creator/KristofferPolaha) as he struggles with his father's legacy and being intensely scrutinized by the press.




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** Carolyn Bessette, Jack's wife.

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** Carolyn Bessette, Jack's wife.wife.
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* ForegoneConclusion: Anyone who knows about JFK Jr.'s life knows that he will die in 1999 in a plane crash with his wife and sister-in-law, dashing any hopes of anyone who wanted to see him run for president.
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* {{Biopic}}: Based on the life of JFK Jr.
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* CharacterTitle: John F. Kennedy Jr.
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A 2003 American TV film directed by Creator/EricLaneuville that follows the life of JFK Jr. (Creator/KristofferPolaha) as he struggles with his father's legacy and being intensely scrutinized by the press.

The movie also stars Creator/PortiaDeRossi, Creator/JacquelineBisset, Creator/JenniferBaxter, and Creator/ColinFox.

It aired on January 12, 2003.

!Tropes for the film:
* TheFilmOfTheBook: The movie is based on Creator/ChristopherAndersen's book, ''Literature/TheDayJohnDied''.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter:
** John F. Kennedy, Jr., son of JFK and Jackie.
** UsefulNotes/JacquelineKennedy, Carolyn and Jack's mother.
** Caroline Kennedy, Jack Jr.'s sister.
** Carolyn Bessette, Jack's wife.

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