The Jacket Critic Reviews

In this case, the adage would go something like "material, material, material," also known as the Nicolas Cage Rule: Good acting can't overcome bad taste.Read the full review

[Brody's] mannered performance helps downgrade this picture from a middling sci-fi film to a bad, borderline-camp sci-fi film.Read the full review

The Jacket is a confused attempt at headiness that feels like a poor man's "Memento."Read the full review

This movie is terribly silly, but it's not completely terrible.Read the full review

Begins too cruelly and ends too sappily but holds you somewhere between the two extremes until the semisweet finale.Read the full review

The Jacket is doing nothing but sampling elements of "Jacob's Ladder," "The Silence of the Lambs" and "Memento" without offering more than hackneyed solutions, including a rather cheesy conclusion.Read the full review

Admittedly, The Jacket is not likely to be everyone's cup of tea, but filmmaker John Maybury has forged a mesmerizing mindblower.Read the full review

This movie probably falls within the purview of a "love it/hate it" subgenre of the psychological thriller.Read the full review

If claustrophobia's your style, The Jacket is a perfect fit.Read the full review