Jolene
Entertainment One | Release Date: October 29, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
31
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
3
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
ObserverRex ReedOct 27, 2010
You go away exhilarated. The movie has been through as many hurdles getting here as dear, sweet Jolene, but sometimes the most engaging movies are the ones worth waiting for. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinNov 4, 2010
More epic than it needs to be and less profound than it should be, Jolene remains a watchable excursion into human frailty and foibles. Read full review
60
MovielineMichelle OrangeOct 26, 2010
Chastain, an incandescent redhead with a heart-shaped face and round, shining eyes, does more justice to the part than it deserves. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckOct 30, 2010
They don't make movies like Jolene anymore, and that's a good thing. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanOct 29, 2010
The tone veers wildly, from wacky indie to melodramatic soap opera. Like the other men in her life, Ireland adores Jolene without entirely understanding her. Read full review
30
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisOct 28, 2010
Jolene's skin may smell like warm milk to Brad, but to the rest of us it has curdled long before she leaves his bed. Read full review
30
Village VoiceNick SchagaerOct 26, 2010
Throughout, Chastain delivers a full-bodied debut performance, but she's ultimately stuck taking her wandering-soul protagonist far more seriously than it-or the film-deserves. Read full review
30
VarietyRob NelsonOct 24, 2010
Though stretched to a two-hour run time, Doctorow's socially critical tale is reduced to queasy spectacle. Read full review
20
Time OutAndrew SchenkerOct 26, 2010
There's no pleasure in watching the repeated sexual exploitation of the eponymous heroine in Dan Ireland's adaptation of E.L. Doctorow's short story; that there's little purpose to this abuse, however, is absolutely unforgivable. Read full review
0
New York PostLou LumenickOct 29, 2010
So bad it's almost (but not quite) good, Dan Ireland's Jolene is an unusually elaborate and excruciatingly long vanity production based on a short story by E.L. Doctorow ("Ragtime"). Read full review
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