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Jagged Edge (1985)

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Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 27
Fresh: 23 | Rotten: 4

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Average Rating: 6.2/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 2

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Movie Info

In this hit thriller, a prosecuting attorney-turned-defense lawyer falls in love with a rich, charming client who's been accused of murdering his wife and her maid with a hunting knife. When an unknown assailant gruesomely slays San Francisco newspaper heiress Paige Forrester (Maria Mayenzet), her husband and business partner, Jack Forrester (Jeff Bridges), turns to corporate attorney Teddy Barnes (Glenn Close) for counsel. Teddy, who quit her job with the district attorney's office four years

R, 1 hr. 48 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Drama

Directed By: Richard Marquand

Written By: Joe Eszterhas

In Theaters: Oct 4, 1985 Wide

On DVD: May 2, 2000

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Jeff Bridges
Jack Forrester
Glenn Close
Teddy Barnes
Peter Coyote
Thomas Krasny
Robert Loggia
Sam Ransom
Leigh Taylor-Young
Virginia Howell
John Dehner
Judge Carrigan
Marshall Colt
Bobby Slade
Diane Erickson
Eileen Avery
Louis Giambalvo
Fabrizi
William Allen Young
Greg Arnold
Brandon Call
David Barnes
Phyllis Applegate
Mrs. Stiles
Karen Austin
Julie Jensen
Guy Boyd
Matthew Barnes
Walter Brooke
Duane Bendix
Sarah Cunningham
Judge
Michael Dorn
Dan Hislan
Woody Eney
Austin Lofton
Bruce French
Richard Duffin
John Furlong
Butler
Bill Gratton
Jury Foreman
Ben Hammer
Dr. Goldman
John X. Heart
Reporter
Lance Henriksen
Frank Martin
Sanford Jensen
Scott Talbot
James Karen
Andrew Hardesty
Suzanne Lodge
Reporter
Richard Marion
Reporter
Edwina Moore
Reporter
Sue Rihr
Reporter
Al Ruscio
Carl Siegal
Lynn Stalmaster
Abigail Van Alyn
Reporter
David Wiley
Court Clerk
Terry Wills
Reporter
Biff Yeager
Reporter
John Clark
Dr. Holloway
Maria Mayenzet
Page Forrester
David Austin
Policeman
Jay Crimp
Mrs. Barnes' Assistant
Sharon Hanian
Assistant District Atto...
Brenda Huggins
Reporter
Christina Hutter
Jenny Barnes
Sharon Madden
City Editor
Richard Partlow
Policeman
Joyce Shank
TV Interviewer
Judith Siegfried
Reporter
Sally Train
Reporter
Ann Walker
Mrs. Barnes' Secretary
Dean Webber
Newscaster
James Winker
Ted Fitzpatrick
Karen Wonnell
Stablehand
Mike Mitchell
Bailiff

Critic Reviews for Jagged Edge

All Critics (27) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (24) | Rotten (4) | DVD (11)

A well-crafted, hardboiled mystery.

February 11, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

Top Critic

The wholesome cast completely obliterates the unstated perversities that have been this genre's reason for being.

February 11, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

The screenplay, by Joe Eszterhas, does what it can to throw up a smokescreen, but the audience will probably be well ahead of the story's final resolution.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

Top Critic

Supremely effective.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

Like many entries into the genre, Jagged Edge works best when it's watched with a minimum of analysis.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

Top Critic

Slick and manipulative, Jagged Edge is nonetheless a vastly enjoyable psychological thriller due to the expert turns from Jeff Bridges, Glenn Close, and Robert Loggia, who won a Supporting Actor Oscar nod for his role.

December 15, 2010 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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Expertly conceived and executed.

February 11, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4

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Film4

No cutting edge, but does keep you guessing.

February 11, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

These days it is almost unheard of for a movie to keep you guessing until the last frame, but this one does, partly because Marquand plays it so beautifully straight.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

An exciting "whodunit" that fits in with the sensational crimes reported in the tabloids.

September 19, 2005 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Slick, unsatisfying silliness

August 26, 2004 Comment

James Sanford

Kalamazoo Gazette

So-so thriller that's finally pretty unintentionally funny.

October 29, 2003 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Taut legal thriller that really does keep the audience guessing.

September 11, 2003 Comment

Rob Thomas

Capital Times (Madison, WI)

Your average thriller. Is he bad or is he good? Fine for a diversion.

July 14, 2003 Comment

Fred Topel

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A great, tense and violent thriller as a laywer defends a man accused of killing his wife.....and starts to fall for him herself.

June 15, 2007

Dean !

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The whole selling point of this film at the time was it's "shock" ending. Which is so unbelievably predictable, a 2 year old could guess it. A waste of time.

April 1, 2007

xGary Xx

Super Reviewer

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