Product Details

• Actors: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig, Kris Kristofferson, Jennifer Jason Leigh
• Directors: John Maybury
• Writers: Marc Rocco, Massy Tadjedin, Tom Bleecker
• Producers: Andreas Grosch, Andreas Schmid, Ben Cosgrove, Chris Roberts
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: June 21, 2005
• Run Time: 103 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (144 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009H1CI8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #401,193 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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88 of 95 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than you would think, April 27, 2005

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M. G. Mora "Bad Wolf" (San Leandro, CA. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Jacket (DVD)

Maybe it was the advertising that killed this movie in the theatre before it even got a fair chance. I saw this before it was released at the Sundance film festival and knew that it would be a hard one to sell to people not because it wasn't good but because it didn't fit in to a usual Hollywood classification. Sure enough, I was right. They made it look like a horror movie and it is definitely not that. I'd call it a thriller with sci fi overtones. Sort of a Twilight Zone episode if you had to label it.
Great performances by a strong cast plus an interesting plot propel this over most movies that come out in the theatres these days. In some respects it's even better than The Butterfly Effect (which had a simular plot) especially because it has a strong lead where as B.E did not.
Given a chance with different marketing this could have been big. So check it out on DVD now!

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How did I miss this?, July 16, 2006

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Lisa McKinley "lisa_in_so_cal" (Citrus Capital of the World, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Jacket (DVD)

Out of the proverbial left field, this movie ended up in my husband's vast dvd collection. I'd never heard of it. He popped it into the dvd player and I found myself immediately engrossed in the slow unfolding of a wonderfully played tale. This Adrien Brody guy is fascinating to watch; I don't know why I don't hear about him more often (see 'Dummy'). Now, I love myself a good time-travel story, and I think giving you that much information may already be too much, because you should discover it on your own. Also, I am capable of nit-picking my way through an implausible film unmercilessly (see 'Stigmata'), but this story was very easy to swallow, and it was quite engaging. I found myself thinking about it days afterward, which is the hallmark of a good film for me. If you need explosions and big action to keep you in the moment, then this probably isn't for you. But if you can be patient and allow a story to unravel itself through strong characterizations and simple dialogues, I think you will be satisfied.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Much better than the trailer looks..., October 2, 2006

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Tim Warneka "Leadership Expert, Keynote Speak... (Cleveland, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Jacket (DVD)

I must agree with the previous reviewer...the trailer looks like a horror movie, but this is actually a very facinating movie. I'm a complete chicken (don't like horror movies) and I found this movie to be very engrossing. Probably not for everyone (my wife wouldn't like it, I think...), but if you like modern fiction with a twist, this is the movie for you.