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(1 - 38) of 38 OFCS Rating: 55% Rotten Page   1   B "For those who are patient, the payoff is one that you won't soon forget."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 4.5/5 "I left the theater a different person than when I entered ... one of the year’s best films."   Filmcritic.com   Blake French C "The real shock of Jacket is actress Keira Knightley, who bumbles the critical role of Jackie with her clownish method acting and odd American-accented line delivery."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf "It's an apt description of how war, waged by the Organization for the Organized, works on its warriors, victims and heroes both."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2.5/4 "...it's hard to ignore the audaciousness with which the story unfolds."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 7/10 "film whose quality defies its script"   Draxblog Movie Reviews   Dragan Antulov 2/4 "The ambitions of the film are diffused by a nagging sensation that we've seen it all before, and done with a surer hand."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman C "Moves like a thriller yet rarely does anything thrilling."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider C "Our hands close on air."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 2/4 "...feels very laborious and restrictive in its hallucinatory haze. What it boils down to is this: if The Jacket doesn’t fit, you must not acquit."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng C- "Lukewarm kitsch...neither powerful enough to be taken seriously nor splashily crude enough to be a guilty pleasure."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/4 "I appreciate the way the story is developed, taking audiences into The Twilight Zone, but not leaving them stranded there."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli "A neat little time travel thriller that ought to appeal to fans of this particular sci-fi subgenre . . ."   Sci-Fi Movie Page   James O'Ehley 3/5 "Moody, unstuck-in-time chiller is elevated by strong work from its stars -- especially Adrien Brody."   Netflix   James Rocchi 3/4 "Weighs in on a paltry premise but ultimately pays off in tension and redemption."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 7/10 "...if you liked VANILLA SKY, THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT and 12 MONKEYS, and appreciated the 'concept' of GOTHIKA but thought the movie sucked, I think you’ll enjoy this film."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 5/10 "What we get is mostly a convoluted tale that tries hard to seem far more important than it is. In fact, it's all rather banal and sentimental."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 7/10 "An unexpectedly moving picture."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 1.5/5 "Tadjenin seems to draw inspiration from two books: "10 ways to copy 12 Monkeys" --a far inferior read to "10 ways to write 12 Monkeys"-- and "Common Sense: A Stranger""   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 2.0/4.0 "... the arthouse version of The Butterfly Effect, complete with Oscar™-winning actors and a much poorer script."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 4/5 "I wouldn’t go as far to say that The Jacket is the best film of 2005 so far, but it’s definitely worth checking out instead of some of the garbage that’s out there."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr B- "The cast is uniformly excellent and the production is artfully eerie, even if the story is a Frankenstein of borrowed movie parts that don't always fit together seamlessly"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3/5 "This heady mix of fantasy, romance and mind-bending monkeyshines survived a tortured development process ... to emerge, if not unscathed, intact and intense."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh "I like a good mind f**k as much as anyone, but hey, Mr. Movie, do not roll over and light a cigarette before you’ve done your job."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2/4 "By basic definition a time-travel yarn, but to say that is to make this rather turgid drama sound more interesting than it is."   Mr. Brown's Movies   Michael Dequina B+ "This is a smart thriller, with above-average heft and imagination in the story, the structure, and especially in the striking visuals."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 2/4 "A great many supernatural things happen in The Jacket, though they ultimately make little sense and amount to even less."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 3/5 "Conta com conceitos interessantes, embora demore um pouco mais do que deveria para revelá-los para o espectador."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 4/5 "It doesn't really hold together on a logical level, but it's fascinating and powerfully emotional."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 2/5 "A morose and bleached-looking affair, with depressing music by Brian Eno to match."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves C+ "The tremendous potential lying at its heart remains unrealized, despite good intentions and an apparently earnest effort."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux C "A movie designed to be a thriller, but it turns out to be merely creepy and grimy."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B- "The Jacket tries to do many things and succeeds in a fair portion of them."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford B- "This thriller knows where it wants to go, and won’t let science stand in its way."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell 8/10 "A mesmerizing, mind-bending, time-traveling, chillingly surreal psychological thriller"   Modamag.com   Susan Granger 2.5/4 "Although there are striking moments, thanks to Maybury's feel for atmosphere, The Jacket is pretty hollow to the core."   Reel.com   Timothy Knight 3.5/4 "Unusually wise about its visual vocabulary."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw Read review   3BlackChicks Review   Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel  (1 - 38) of 38 OFCS Rating: 55% Rotten Page   1