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Flawed yet fundamentally worthy, Mr. Jones peers into the past to tell a fact-based story that remains troublingly relevant today. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

Welsh journalist Gareth Jones risks his life to expose the truth about the devastating famine in the Soviet Union in the early 1930s.
  • Genre:
    history, mystery & thriller, drama, biography
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Agnieszka Holland
  • Producer:
    Andrea Chalupa, Stanislaw Dziedzic, Klaudia Smieja
  • Writer:
    Andrea Chalupa
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     limited
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  • Production Co:
    Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, Film.ua, Krakowskie Biuro Festiwalowe, Crab Apple Films, Ukrainian State Film Agency, Film Produkcja, SP, Kinorob, Studio Orka
  • Aspect Ratio:
    Scope (2.35:1)

Cast & Crew

James Norton
Gareth Jones
Vanessa Kirby
Ada Brooks
Peter Sarsgaard
Walter Duranty
Joseph Mawle
George Orwell
Krzysztof Pieczyński
Maxim Litvinov
Marcin Czarnik
Paul Kleb
Beata Pozniak
Rhea Clyman
Fenella Woolgar
Miss Stevenson
Agnieszka Holland
Director
Andrea Chalupa
Screenwriter
Andrea Chalupa
Producer
Stanislaw Dziedzic
Producer
Klaudia Smieja
Producer
Jeff Field
Executive Producer
Leah Temerty Lord
Executive Producer
Tomasz Naumiuk
Cinematographer
Michal Czarnecki
Film Editor
Antoni Lazarkiewicz
Original Music
Grzegorz Piatkowski
Production Designer
Fiona Gavin
Art Director
Kinga Babczynska
Set Decoration
Galina Otenko
Costume Designer
Ola Staszko
Costume Designer
Colin Jones
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Critic Reviews for Mr. Jones

All Critics (99) | Top Critics (21) | Fresh (84) | Rotten (15)

  • Though it's a shame that "Mr. Jones" is not more cohesive, the remarkable story of Gareth Jones retains its potency.

    June 22, 2020 | Full Review…

    Kevin Crust

    Los Angeles Times

  • A disordered script cobbles this stirring indictment of Stalin's evil from director Agnieszka Holland. There are flashes of epic filmmaking, but the great movie that might have been remains frustratingly out of reach.

    June 20, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

    Peter Travers

    Rolling Stone

  • A compelling watch throughout in spite of its rambling feel.

    June 19, 2020 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

    Tomris Laffly

    RogerEbert.com

  • [A] bleak, murky, and instructive film...

    June 19, 2020 | Full Review…

    Anthony Lane

    New Yorker

  • There are moments in the blistering cold when Jones's quest for truth looks like it will end. This is where Holland and the script turn the drama up so high that you're riveted to his plight, lost in his agony, shivering in the frosty climate.

    June 18, 2020 | Full Review…

    Dwight Brown

    National Newspaper Publishers Association

  • At times, Mr. Jones has the gravity and grace to remind us of what an accomplished chronicler of 20th-century horror Agnieszka Holland can be. And at times, it goes off track in ways that sadly undercut both the gravity and the grace.

    June 18, 2020 | Full Review…

    Steve Pond

    TheWrap
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