Jamaica Inn
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: October 13, 1939 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
9
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Slant MagazineClayton Dillard
Alfred Hitchcock’s Jamaica Inn would have been better titled The Gangs of Jamaica Inn, since the film is thoroughly concerned with groupings, allegiances, and the ways class standing relates to moral obligation. Read full review
70
The DissolveCraig J. Clark
With Hitchcock halfway out the door, Jamaica Inn could have come across as strictly a work-for-hire gig, but it displays enough Hitchcockery to show he wasn’t as disengaged from the material as he would later claim he was. Read full review
70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Superb direction, excellent casting, expressive playing and fine production offset an uneven screenplay to make Jamaica Inn a gripping version of the Daphne du Maurier novel. Read full review
67
ColliderJeremy Urquhart
Charles Laughton hams it up wonderfully in a villainous role, and Jamaica Inn is enough of an oddity to make it strangely engaging throughout much of its runtime. Read full review
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