| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Steve Murray |
"Even if you take a "why-ask-why" approach toward this belief-suspension gimmick, The Jacket is too littered with loose ends and "huh?" moments..." more... |
D |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"The acting makes the difference, and in Jacket it rises above the needs of the material." more... |
C+ |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...you can sense an impulse toward a better film..." more... |
C |
Chicago Tribune
Kevin Williams |
"...a gripping drama..." more... |
B |
| E! Online |
"...entertaining B-flick fun..." more... |
B |
filmcritic.com
Blake French |
"Macabre, intense, and daring..." more... |
A- |
Hollywood Reporter
Duane Byrge |
"A mind-blowing cinematic treat..." more... |
B+ |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"...tepid..." more... |
C- |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"...this movie is terribly silly, but it's not completely terrible." more... |
C+ |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...has the capacity to provoke thought and consternation." more... |
B |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...the movie straps you in for a head trip that promises hallucinatory wonders but delivers the same old Hollywood formula with sugar on top." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Carla Meyer |
"...a bad, borderline-camp sci-fi film." more... |
D |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak |
"...a simple love story cloaked in a lot of metaphysical mumbo-jumbo." more... |
C+ |
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