While its lumpy story drags long before its running time is up, the film serves as the perfect showcase for new star Jessica Chastain, a dazzling redhead whose talent and radiance keeps its many parts watchable.
Jolene (2008)
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Reviews Counted:4
Fresh:2
Rotten:2
Average Rating:N/A
Starring: Jessica Chastain, Chazz Palminteri, Dermot Mulroney, Rupert Friend
Starring: Jessica Chastain, Chazz Palminteri, Dermot Mulroney, Rupert Friend, Michael Vartan, Denise Richards, Theresa Russell
Director: Dan Ireland
Director: Dan Ireland
Story: E.L. Doctorow
Screenwriter: Dennis Yares
Reviews for Jolene
This picaresque tale dawdles a bit, but Chastain keeps us rooting for Jolene's survival.
Though stretched to a two-hour run time, Doctorow's socially critical tale is reduced to queasy spectacle.
[Jessica] Chastain does a great job of igniting Jolene's mix of street-wise survivalist instinct and romantic soul. Her performance anchors a film that has no solid grounding
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