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
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... [More]
Starring: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig, Kris Kristofferson
Director: John Maybury
Reviews for The Jacket
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4/5 |
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. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Ultimately it doesn't amount to much, but like Starks' drug-induced trip, The Jacket is about the journey not the destination. Full Review |
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4/5 |
It doesn't really hold together on a logical level, but it's fascinating and powerfully emotional. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
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 |
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 2/5 |
A morose and bleached-looking affair, with depressing music by Brian Eno to match. Full Review |
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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 |
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2.5/4 |
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. Full Review |
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1.5/5 |
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" Full Review |
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3/5 |
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. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
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 |
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7/10 |
film whose quality defies its script Full Review |
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3/5 |
Conta com conceitos interessantes, embora demore um pouco mais do que deveria para revelá-los para o espectador. Full Review |
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Ambitious-verging-on-pretentious screenplay adroitly lensed by a director with impressive formal command. Full Review |
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