Jolene

  • 2008


MOVIE IS elderly colorful abusive distinguishing sardonic
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48 % Rotten
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Positive Reviews 2
Negative reviews 9
Average Rating 1.7/5
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1.3
Which isnt to say that we dont form a relationship with these creatures.
1.5
While its lumpy story drags long before its running time is up, the film serves as the perfect showcase for new star Jessica Chastain, a dazzling redh .. Screen Daily
3.0
Jolene offers two distinguishing gifts: the impressive screen debut of Jessica Chastain and the dramas stout hearted message that sex on its own canno .. Spirituality And Practice
1.5
Throughout, Chastain delivers a full bodied debut performance, but shes ultimately stuck taking her wandering soul protagonist far more seriously than .. Village Voice
0.0
And then theres a Las Vegas gambler (Chazz Palmenteri) with underworld problems. New York Post
0.5
Based on an E.L. Doctorow short story, Jolene is an apt example of how stories about women who are in abusive relationships can be turned into sexual .. Film Journal International ..
1.5
Why do we pander to the elderly the way we pander to children Arent old people just young people whove been hanging around longer Does the human anima .. The Stranger
2.5
FINAL THOUGHTS Despite a colorful cast and Chastains persistent glow, Jolene doesnt add up to much by the end credits, with the main character a madde .. Brian Or Ndorf
2.1
Isis, another garbage picker, doesnt have pride in working there, though. Nyc Movie Guru
1.0
One minute a guys making Jolene patently false promises, the next shes getting sodomized on her wedding night. New York Time Out
1.5
Downplaying Doctorows condescending literary and class ironies, Ireland creates something more like a queer inflected Candide. Ny Press
4.5
A picaresque tale of a young womans sad passage through abuse marriages that retains the sardonic wit of the original story by E.L. Doctorow. Louis Proyect Word Press



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