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01/14/05
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Straight - Jacket (2004)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:10
Rotten:11
Average Rating:5.4/10
Theatrical Release:Nov 26, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: Like DOWN WITH LOVE, STRAIGHT-JACKET plays fast and loose with the conventions of the 1950s Technicolor romantic comedy. Appropriately, it is also inspired by the true-life story of closeted... [More]
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09/26/05
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06/24/06
This clever confection adopts the genre conventions of the era's madcap romantic comedies and, later, melodramas for its tale about barely closeted movie star Guy Stone.
11/29/04
A campy, fun, old-fashioned romp that's just a bit light in the loafers.
11/24/04
A Technicolor bliss-out.
11/24/04
Movies can never again be so corny, campy and PC clumsy as some of the howlers of the 1950s and '60s. But Straight-Jacket has a spiffy and gay (both senses) time joining the party.
01/07/05
On film, things play as flatly as any failed soufflé.
03/01/07
Offers up a super-queered, tinny 1950s, one that plays loose and preachy with the Passion of Rock Hudson.
12/07/04
This obvious take on the life of Hollywood movie star Rock Hudson contains that same hard edged humor I came to love in Girls Will Be Girls.
07/13/04
As satire, it is often deliciously barbed and catty, the jokes flying fast and furious ... but when it tries to make its points seriously, it immediately loses me.
02/22/05
Wastes its promising premise with a wavering tone that veers uneasily between camp humor and, pardon the expression, straightness.
12/23/04
Some of it is smart, much clever, most funny and all entertaining.
01/15/05
At its best when it's sending up '50s-era Hollywood and it's at its worst when trying to make a serious point.
02/25/05
A fey and frisky farce with a fabulous fashion sense.
12/23/04
Top CriticThough its heart is in the right place, everything gets tangled up in the film's lunacy.
12/10/04
Whatever pleasures it holds, Straight-Jacket is highly uneven.
11/29/04
Top CriticThe perkiness with a capital P, gorgeous set and great color can't completely salvage an occasionally strong cast and middling story (and don't forget a lousy, if literal, title).
01/13/05
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12/19/04
It has verve, color and energy, but there's something fundamentally bogus about it, and whenever it takes a turn into seriousness, entire moments fall apart.
01/07/05
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