Jack and Diane
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: November 2, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
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Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
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Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumNov 1, 2012
Love and sex are scary in Bradley Rust Gray's over-Freuded exercise in semi-horror/gender studies. Read full review
58
IndieWireEric KohnNov 1, 2012
The mystical allure of this long-awaited "lesbian werewolf movie" turns out to have more value than the real thing. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenNov 2, 2012
Temple is dependable if uninspiring, and Keough has yet to develop much in the way of screen presence - in the film, her short dark hair and doughy features look sculpted to maximize her resemblance to her grandfather, Elvis Presley. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartNov 1, 2012
Tonally, the film swings between whispery romance and ominous horror as it explores the dark side of love and lust, including an amusingly gory meditation on the notion that the person you think is your beloved might just rip your heart out. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubAlison WillmoreOct 31, 2012
Werewolves aren't a new metaphor for the wildness of adolescent urges, but Jack & Diane is a trudgingly self-serious affair that doesn't manage to be transporting on either its literal or conceptual levels. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineZeba BlayOct 31, 2012
Scenes of the pair staring longingly into each other's eyes go on for so long that they become devoid of meaning, not unlike the film's alchemical fusion of genres. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMay 26, 2012
Imagine a teenage lesbian love story directed by David Cronenberg and you'll have some sense of the weirdness of Jack and Diane. Bradley Rust Gray's attempt to weave horror elements into a fairly conventional narrative yields diminishing returns in this overly stylized effort. Read full review
50
VarietyJohn AndersonMay 26, 2012
If Benicio del Toro designed Hallmark cards, or if "Lady and the Tramp" were lesbians, they'd have a lot in common with Jack & Diane, a well-constructed, well-intentioned but too deliberate attempt to provoke the unprovokable. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisNov 1, 2012
Jack & Diane offers a glaring example of a writer and director, Bradley Rust Gray, unable to trust in the simple strength of his material. Read full review
40
Village VoiceNick SchagerNov 1, 2012
Although enthralled by brooding, self-absorbed teenagers, the film doesn't present a single believable one. Read full review
40
Time OutSam AdamsOct 31, 2012
The story of a young woman (Juno Temple) discovering that she is both a lesbian and a werewolf, Bradley Rust Gray's oddball horror parable starts with an irresistibly trashy premise and proceeds to treat it with the po-faced pretentiousness of a film-school thesis. Read full review
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