Jubilee
Cinegate | Release Date: May 9, 1979 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
79
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Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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90
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Derek Jarman's Jubilee is one of the most original, bold, and exciting features to have come out of Britain in the 1970s. Read full review
85
Film ThreatStaff (Not Credited)
Jarman’s sophomore film Jubilee, is a Molotov Cocktail of celluloid – a film that practically dares you to watch it. Read full review
80
EmpireKim Newman
The ideas are good enough for you to allow for some risible performances. Read full review
80
Rolling StoneSam Adams
Appearances by Adam Ant, the Slits and Siouxsie and the Banshees, along with U.S. trans icon Jayne County, ground it in the moment, but Jarman's suggestion that even the most vocal nihilists would sell out their ideals — if given enough encouragement, naturally — provided a glimpse of the future. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Neat and quirky, this is undoubtedly one of the freshest black comedies around. Read full review
70
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
In conception the film remains highly original, and it does deliver enough of the goods to sail effortlessly away with the title of Britain's first official punk movie. Read full review
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