Jacob's Ladder Reviews
Supercala.com
Thought provoking and disturbing at times.
| Original Score: 4/5
Q Network Film Desk
A moving, unsettling, and ultimately unforgettable cinematic experience.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Empire Magazine
Admittedly it is sporadic and at times even rambling, but when it succeeds ... the results are positively haunting.
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Totally engrossing from start to finish.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
rec.arts.movies.reviews
This is an unpleasant and uncomfortable horror film to sit through, be warned. It improves a great deal on thinking about it afterward.
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| Original Score: 6/8
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Jacob's Ladder is a hammerhead movie, one that bashes the audience to death with its jazzy technique.
Top Critic[Falls] ultimately flat on its surrealistic face, the victim of too many fake-art sequences.
Lyne indulges more in misdirection than in direction; he's a magician turning a sleazy trick.
Apollo Guide
An interesting film to stick with and repeatedly reassess what's real and what's just a dream.
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| Original Score: 80/100
Sci-Fi Movie Page
If you're squeamish, stay away. But risk missing a great film.
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| Original Score: 4/5
This movie was not a pleasant experience, but it was exhilarating in the sense that I was able to observe filmmakers working at the edge of their abilities and inspirations.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
