Jetsam Reviews
Times [UK]
Once the film has been stripped down to a clear-cut thriller, Welsford keeps it moving smoothly. A useful calling card.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Top CriticApparently made for 3,000, Welsford's well-mounted debut delivers ambiguity in spades - perhaps too many spades.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Film4
A skilfully written and deftly controlled thriller that refuses to be bound by budget limitations, Jetsam marks Simon Welsford out as a potentially significant new director.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Times [UK]
The film overextends itself a little as twist piles upon twist and in terms of narrative it's not entirely successful, but as a masterclass in microbudget film-making this is well worth a look.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Total Film
Jetsam's saddled with a score that's as subtle as a pneumatic drill at 6am on a Sunday morning, but there's enough here to ensure Welsford should get noticed.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Pic can be read as a cautionary fable directed at those who put too much of themselves into their work.
Observer [UK]
Jetsam remains something washed up on the beach, a confused, commonplace industrial espionage story. But there is real promise here.
Guardian [UK]
British director Simon Welsford's flawed movie has intriguing ideas and a great opening, but never comes together into a plausible fiction.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Sky Movies
Jetsam makes an interesting proposition but neither the execution or resolution exert any real grip.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Independent
To mention echoes of Notorious and The Conversation would be to flatter Simon Welsford's first feature, but his keen sense of place and atmosphere point to a career worth watching.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Daily Express
Unfortunately the initially intriguing story eventually grows confusing and unconvincing as Welsford reveals some head-scratching twists in a clumsy journey through obsession, paranoia and betrayal.
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| Original Score: 2/5
This is London
It's all a bit silly. There are lots of chases, curses, kisses and the odd fancy gadget.
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| Original Score: 2/5
