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The Jacket (2005)

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Reviews Counted:154

Fresh:68

Rotten:86

Average Rating:5.4/10

Consensus: The Jacket is a case of creepy style over substance.

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Thriller

US Box Office: $6,282,106

Synopsis: Oscar-winner Adrien Brody (THE PIANIST) stars in THE JACKET, an intense psychological thriller about a Gulf War veteran who finds himself trapped inside another terrifying scenario. Shot in the... Oscar-winner Adrien Brody (THE PIANIST) stars in THE JACKET, an intense psychological thriller about a Gulf War veteran who finds himself trapped inside another terrifying scenario. Shot in the head while in Iraq, Jack Starks (Brody) has returned home only to be convicted of a murder that he didn't commit. Still reeling from his wartime trauma, Jack is found not guilty by reason of insanity and is committed to an institution for the criminally insane. Once there, he is drugged by the evil Dr. Becker (Kris Kristofferson) and placed into a coffin-like drawer on a nightly basis. Inside the drawer, after being tormented with horrific war flashbacks, Jack is mysteriously transported to the future, where he forms a tender relationship with the hardened, beautiful Jackie (Keira Knightley). Aware that he is destined to die in four days, Jack must use his new gift to figure out what happened to him, with the hopes of altering the course of history. Directed by John Maybury (LOVE IS THE DEVIL), THE JACKET features another electrifying performance from Brody. Acclaimed artist Brian Eno contributes a transcendent score, which contrasts beautifully with Peter Deming's stark cinematography. As the weary Jackie, Knightley proves once again that she's more than just a pretty face. [More]

Starring: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig, Kris Kristofferson

Starring: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig, Kris Kristofferson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kelly Lynch, MacKenzie Phillips, Brad Renfro

Director: John Maybury

Director: John Maybury
Story: Marc Rocco
Screenwriter: Massy Tadjedin, Tom Bleecker
Producer: Steven Soderbergh, George Clooney, Peter Guber
Composer: Brian Eno
Studio: Warner Independent

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It doesn’t wash – they just end up with hogwash…

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
08/30/05
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08/19/05
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04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
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08/07/08
Mark Halverson
Mark Halverson
Sacramento News & Review

Maybury is an artist in addition to a director and it's clear that he has an eye for colour, which he uses cleverly to reinforce emotion.

Full Review Source: Eye for Film | comment Comment
06/13/08
Amber Wilkinson
Amber Wilkinson
Eye for Film

A morose and bleached-looking affair, with depressing music by Brian Eno to match.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
09/24/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

There's nothing wrong with a little vicarious experience when you go to the movies, but the director seems to think that his supernatural psycho thriller has to drive you crazy, just to get what it's like to be really insane.

Full Review Source: Long Island Press | comment Comment
05/29/07
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
Long Island Press

A solid attempt to wrestle with some big questions. The cast is exemplary and the premise and script are well reasoned and artful. But it doesn't quite come together.

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09/25/06
Stefan Ulstein
Stefan Ulstein
Christianity Today

Tadjenin seems to draw inspiration from two books: "10 ways to copy 12 Monkeys" --a far inferior read to "10 ways to write 12 Monkeys"-- and "Common Sense: A Stranger"

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08/31/06
Joseph Proimakis
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06/24/06
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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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04/01/06
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As incoherent as it is enjoyable, The Jacket hits the marks that it set out to, yet leaves the audience a bit cold with its squeaky clean ending.

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02/01/06
Uncle Creepy
Uncle Creepy
Dread Central

The only real scares here take place as images in Brody's head when he hallucinates under Dr. Becker’s treatment. The rest of the film has a somewhat sappy quality to it and doesn't deliver any suspense or thrills of any kind.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment 1 Comment
12/06/05
Heidi Martinuzzi
Heidi Martinuzzi
Film Threat

film whose quality defies its script

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11/01/05
Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
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Conta com conceitos interessantes, embora demore um pouco mais do que deveria para revelá-los para o espectador.

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10/07/05
Pablo Villaca
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09/26/05
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Ambitious-verging-on-pretentious screenplay adroitly lensed by a director with impressive formal command.

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08/31/05
Bryant Frazer
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07/05/05
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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What we get is mostly a convoluted tale that tries hard to seem far more important than it is. In fact, it's all rather banal and sentimental.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
06/18/05
John J. Puccio
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