The Jacket Reviews
Flix Capacitor
There's something about The Jacket which doesn't quite fit, but it plays like an intriguing, winter-y mix of Twelve Monkeys, The Butterfly Effect and The Lawnmower Man.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Common Sense Media
Smart thriller is for mature older teens only.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Eye for Film
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.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Christianity Today
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.
| Original Score: 2.5/4
Dread Central
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.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Draxblog Movie Reviews
film whose quality defies its script
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| Original Score: 7/10
Cinema em Cena
Conta com conceitos interessantes, embora demore um pouco mais do que deveria para revelá-los para o espectador.
| Original Score: 3/5
Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus
Ambitious-verging-on-pretentious screenplay adroitly lensed by a director with impressive formal command.
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| Original Score: B
ViewLondon
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.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Ultimately it doesn't amount to much, but like Starks' drug-induced trip, The Jacket is about the journey not the destination.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Moviehole
A fresh, fun science-lesson for the noggin.... Brody is solid
| Original Score: 3/5
Panorama
Rappelons surtout que tout cela a déjà été fait ailleurs, et potentiellement en mieux.
| Original Score: B-
Top CriticThe acting is uniformly excellent.
KWQC-TV (Iowa)
"The Jacket" isn't a one-size-fits-all for every audience.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4
Shadows on the Wall
It doesn't really hold together on a logical level, but it's fascinating and powerfully emotional.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
The Jacket may be flawed, but it's also richly compelling.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Reeling Reviews
The Jacket tries to do many things and succeeds in a fair portion of them.
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| Original Score: B-
7M Pictures
I wouldn't go as far to say that The Jacket is the best film of 2005 so far, but it's definitely worth checking out instead of some of the garbage that's out there.
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| Original Score: 4/5
