This picaresque tale dawdles a bit, but Chastain keeps us rooting for Jolene's survival.
Jolene (2008)
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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
Though stretched to a two-hour run time, Doctorow's socially critical tale is reduced to queasy spectacle.
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