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.
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01/07/05
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Straight - Jacket (2004)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:2
Rotten:6
Average Rating:4.3/10
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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Top CriticDay's pyrotechnic dialogue and instinctive comic timing make Straight-Jacket a delight.
01/06/05
Top CriticA fey and frisky farce with a fabulous fashion sense.
12/23/04
Top CriticWastes its promising premise with a wavering tone that veers uneasily between camp humor and, pardon the expression, straightness.
12/23/04
Top CriticThis featherweight spoof of closeted, Red-baiting Hollywood in the mid-1950's is played as such an exaggerated cartoon that its political outrage is dissipated by its stridency.
12/13/04
Top CriticSave your money and rent one of those old Hudson-Doris Day comedies instead.
12/10/04
Top CriticOffers up a super-queered, tinny 1950s, one that plays loose and preachy with the Passion of Rock Hudson.
12/07/04
Top CriticWhatever pleasures it holds, Straight-Jacket is highly uneven.
11/29/04
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