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08/30/05
The Jacket (2005)
44 %
Reviews Counted: 153 Fresh: 67 Rotten:86 Average Rating: 5.4/10
Consensus:
The Jacket is a case of creepy style over substance.
Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins
Theatrical Release: Mar 4, 2005 Wide
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 head while in Iraq, Jack Starks (Brody) has returned home only to be convicted of a murder that he... [More]
Genre: Thriller
Starring: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig, Kris Kristofferson, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Director: John Maybury
Story: Marc Rocco
Screenwriter: Massy Tadjedin, Tom Bleecker
Producer: Steven Soderbergh, George Clooney, Peter Guber
Composer: Brian Eno
Story: Marc Rocco
Screenwriter: Massy Tadjedin, Tom Bleecker
Producer: Steven Soderbergh, George Clooney, Peter Guber
Composer: Brian Eno
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08/19/05
Top Critic
A morose and bleached-looking affair, with depressing music by Brian Eno to match.
09/24/07
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.
05/29/07
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.
09/25/06
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"
08/31/06
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06/24/06
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05/26/06
Top Critic
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.
02/01/06
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.
12/06/05
Conta com conceitos interessantes, embora demore um pouco mais do que deveria para revelá-los para o espectador.
10/07/05
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09/26/05
Top Critic
Ambitious-verging-on-pretentious screenplay adroitly lensed by a director with impressive formal command.
08/31/05
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.
06/18/05
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06/07/05
Part of the fun with twisty time-travel movies is in trying to figure out what's going on and The Jacket delivers nicely on that score, keeping you guessing till the end.
05/14/05
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