Eventually abandons its trippy sense of mind-bending mystery for life-is-beautiful affirmation: a Reader's Digest message camouflaged within Nine Inch Nails grisliness.
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03/04/05
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
The tremendous potential lying at its heart remains unrealized, despite good intentions and an apparently earnest effort.
03/04/05
...it's hard to ignore the audaciousness with which the story unfolds.
03/04/05
There’s no end to the maze of unanswered questions in the screenplay.
03/04/05
For a while, the moody atmosphere and trippy visuals add up to an unnerving experience.
03/04/05
Our hands close on air.
03/04/05
I like a good mind f**k as much as anyone, but hey, Mr. Movie, do not roll over and light a cigarette before you’ve done your job.
03/04/05
That Maybury's film avoids easy categorization (and the increasingly cheap twistiness of today's psychological horror thrillers) is one of its finest points.
03/04/05
Moody, unstuck-in-time chiller is elevated by strong work from its stars -- especially Adrien Brody.
03/03/05
The finished product can’t be endorsed as readily as the bravery of the choice of material itself.
03/03/05
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03/03/05
Unusually wise about its visual vocabulary.
03/03/05
The real shock of Jacket is actress Keira Knightley, who bumbles the critical role of Jackie with her clownish method acting and odd American-accented line delivery.
03/03/05
The two actors generate a decent chemistry together and manage to give this cobbled-together stinker whatever tiny shred of credibility it possesses as a romance.
03/03/05
The turgid, lurid hybrid is finally more donkey than thoroughbred.
03/03/05
For those who are patient, the payoff is one that you won't soon forget.
03/03/05
The ending is a giant anticlimax that only gets more frustrating the more you think about it.
03/03/05
Make no mistake, this movie is terribly silly, but it's not completely terrible.
03/03/05
Top CriticThe ambitions of the film are diffused by a nagging sensation that we've seen it all before, and done with a surer hand.
03/03/05
I appreciate the way the story is developed, taking audiences into The Twilight Zone, but not leaving them stranded there.
03/03/05
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