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08/30/05
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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08/19/05
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07/05/05
Top CriticWhat 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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06/17/05
By basic definition a time-travel yarn, but to say that is to make this rather turgid drama sound more interesting than it is.
05/10/05
Brody was over-qualified for this part.
05/02/05
The story goes back and forth into the future and then the past and is very disturbing. This is an interesting premise but a little too crazy for me.
04/14/05
A fresh, fun science-lesson for the noggin.... Brody is solid
03/24/05
This patchwork of horror, time travel, romance, medical and war drama with a thriller through-line suggests an unfortunate case of too many designers in the atelier.
03/24/05
If you've ever wanted to get a really good look at Adrien Brody's iris or Kris Kristofferson's incisors, this is the movie for you.
03/19/05
... the arthouse version of The Butterfly Effect, complete with Oscar™-winning actors and a much poorer script.
03/18/05
Rappelons surtout que tout cela a déjà été fait ailleurs, et potentiellement en mieux.
03/17/05
The acting is uniformly excellent.
03/17/05
"The Jacket" isn't a one-size-fits-all for every audience.
03/15/05
...feels very laborious and restrictive in its hallucinatory haze. What it boils down to is this: if The Jacket doesn’t fit, you must not acquit.
03/14/05
...It’s simply not enticing enough...
03/10/05
Where Maybury's direction is relentlessly stylish, screenwriter Massy Tadjedin's script sputters along from one unlikely scenario to the next.
03/09/05
The Jacket may be flawed, but it's also richly compelling.
03/09/05
It is the work of conspicuously smart people operating under the assumption that the mass audience whose money they want is pretty dumb, and hence concoct a pretty dumb movie that they believe said audience will mistake for being smart.
03/08/05
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