Jane Got a Gun
Weinstein Company, The | Release Date: January 29, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
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Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
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5
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12
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenJan 29, 2016
Jane Got A Gun may not have reinvented the wagon wheel, but it rolls out as a sturdy, well-crafted genre piece despite its rocky road to the screen. Read full review
70
VarietyJoe LeydonJan 29, 2016
A solidly made and conventionally satisfying Western. Read full review
70
Screen DailyLisa NesselsonJan 28, 2016
The motivations and the performances are solid in Jane Got A Gun, an attractively mounted post-Civil War revenge drama with plenty of shooting and a well-placed twist or two. Read full review
65
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeJan 29, 2016
Jane Got a Gun takes long pauses in the action to chronicle through flashbacks how this love triangle comes to defend a single home. The film’s greatest surprise is that these unabashedly emotional flashbacks work. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiJan 29, 2016
Jane Got a Gun has its good points and less demanding fans of the Western genre may find some value in it, especially considering how few films of its type actually get made these days. Read full review
60
Total FilmJamie GrahamDec 21, 2016
The arid landscapes are handsomely shot, the set-pieces punchy and intimate, and the performances robust, with Portman reminding us just how good an actress she is as her no-nonsense Jane gets on with the business of survival. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerJan 29, 2016
Even when the movie focuses on its imagery rather than its plot mechanics, it seems intent on covering its bases rather than committing to a particular look or mood. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 1, 2016
The action is visceral and exciting, but everything between the shootouts, especially the mostly-insipid flashbacks (A pre-Civil War romantic hot air balloon ride in Missouri? Really?) just makes you impatient for Jane to get that gun and get on with it. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineMatt BrennanJan 31, 2016
It constantly blunders into stylistic choices and narrative clichés that sabotage the sturdy two-hander at its center. Read full review
50
ConsequenceBlake GobleJan 31, 2016
"Jane" eventually comes alive, even if Jane never truly does. Read full review
50
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezJan 30, 2016
Deeply over-reliant on flashbacks, and ones that don’t particularly transition well, Jane Got A Gun is nearly a holding pattern movie. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyJan 29, 2016
Since the film’s last-minute rewrites, casting switcheroos, and musical chairs behind the camera are irrelevant to the actual quality of the movie, I’ll avoid rehashing them here, save to say that the disarray shows on screen. Read full review
40
Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonApr 19, 2016
Overall, the film just feels too much like an obligation, as though everyone involved had spent too much time and money to back out, so they forced themselves to grit their teeth and get on with it. You may feel the same. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenFeb 3, 2016
You have to feel a certain sympathy for a project as cursed as this one, but there’s no denying that Jane’s gun barely grazes its target. Read full review
40
The New York TimesGlenn KennyJan 29, 2016
Whatever feminist angle the film might have once aspired to is lost in its listless shuffle. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerJan 26, 2016
A handful of plot twists are not enough to compensate for an overtly heavy, often dreary affair that rides straight into the final standoff with little elegance and a wagon train of pathos. Read full review
40
The New YorkerAnthony LaneJan 25, 2016
Put the evidence together, and it’s no surprise that this poor little movie fires blanks. It never wanted to be a Western at all. Read full review
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