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'Sunshine Cleaning' Is Too Neatnew
Mystifyingly buzzed-about at Sundance 2008, Christine Jeffs' Sunshine Cleaning is a serviceable but none-too-distinct take on the second-chance story. Also reviewed: The Edge of Love.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
03-24-2009 |
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Morgue Mysterynew
Adrien Brody goes time traveling, maybe, in the uninspired The Jacket.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
03-10-2005 |
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Tags: John Maybury, The Jacket
Shock Treatmentnew
Adrien Brody tries to uncover the mystery of his impending death in this high-concept film.
Phoenix New Times |
Luke Y. Thompson |
03-08-2005 |
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Back to the Futurenew
This mix of amnesia, time travel, and Adrien Brody adds up to a fairly forgettable experience.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-04-2005 |
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Tags: John Maybury, The Jacket
Apocalypse Then and Nownew
It's always dangerous to make direct links between current events and pop-culture phenomena: So much time usually lags between the conception of a novel, record, or movie and its eventual release that such connections are, at best, coincidence. Let's just say that the small wave of time-travel movies that started last year with The Butterfly Effect is...interesting.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jim Ridley |
03-04-2005 |
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Tags: John Maybury, The Jacket
MTV Visuals and a Ludicrous Plot Unravel The Jacketnew
On a Gulf War battlefield, Jack Starks (Adrien Brody) experiences the first of many head injuries when he's shot point-blank by an Iraqi child. Viewers may also feel as if they've experienced blunt trauma to the head after watching The Jacket.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
03-03-2005 |
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Tags: John Maybury, The Jacket
Waste of Time
The Jacket tries to get too serious about an inherently goofy premise.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
02-23-2005 |
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Tags: John Maybury, The Jacket
