The Trouble with Jessica

Name: The Trouble with Jessica
Genre: Comedy
Released: April 25, 2025
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 51

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Music Box Films | Release Date: April 25, 2025 | Not Rated

Summary: Married couple Sarah (Shirley Henderson) and Tom (Alan Tudyk) are in terrible financial trouble. On the brink of losing everything, they’ve managed to find a buyer for their stylish London home. When their best friends Richard (Rufus Sewell) and Beth (Olivia Williams) come over for a final dinner, an uninvited old friend, Jessica (IndiraMarried couple Sarah (Shirley Henderson) and Tom (Alan Tudyk) are in terrible financial trouble. On the brink of losing everything, they’ve managed to find a buyer for their stylish London home. When their best friends Richard (Rufus Sewell) and Beth (Olivia Williams) come over for a final dinner, an uninvited old friend, Jessica (Indira Varma), tags along. After a seemingly trivial argument at dinner, Jessica disappears. She has the temerity to hang herself in the garden, totally oblivious to the adverse consequences for Sarah and Tom’s real estate sale. The only solution: Sarah and Tom must convince Richard and Beth to help take care of this little inconvenience… Expand

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 89 min

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Michael Talbot-Haynes

Apr 25, 2025

The Trouble With Jessica is like a tray of fresh out of the oven pot brownies: demented, dark and delicious. Get yourself a mouthful of this movie. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nell Minow

Apr 25, 2025

The script, by James Handel and director Matt Winn, is tightly constructed. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Apr 23, 2025

As cute and predictable as this all is, the cast hurls itself at this slight farce and makes it play. Read full review

Jim Vorel

Apr 30, 2025

Ultimately, The Trouble with Jessica runs out of gas and limps in the direction of a contrived conclusion, lacking the mercurial spark that all its characters attribute to Jessica at one point or another. If only the experience of watching the film could be as engaging as the implied experience of knowing her. Read full review

Collider Aidan Kelley

May 17, 2025

Under the right circumstances, the story that The Trouble with Jessica tries to tell could work if it paired its comedy with a meaningful perspective on depression and self-harm. Instead, this misguided take on a dark comedy ultimately lacks laughs, thrills, and overall reverence for severe topics. Read full review

Beatrice Loayza

Apr 24, 2025

A critique about the hypocrisies of the righteous upper middle class unfolds halfheartedly, leaving us with performances that might’ve worked better in a sketch comedy scene. Read full review

Screen Rant Grant Hermanns

Apr 25, 2025

The Trouble with Jessica's cast still can't overcome just how unlikable their characters are. Read full review

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