Product Details

• Actors: Stephen Adly Guirgis, Michael Pitt (II), Laila Robins, David Zayas, Eric Trosman
• Directors: Brett C. Leonard
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Lightyear Video
• DVD Release Date: October 24, 2006
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000I2JDDU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,163 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Jailbait" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 24-OCT-2006
Media Type: DVD

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Riveting performances in powerful film about mandatory prison sentences, November 10, 2006

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Bob Lind "camelwest" (Phoenix, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jailbait (DVD)

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2004 Lake Placid Film Festival, "Jailbait" is the story of Randy, just a few years out of high school, who makes the mistake of testing California's "three strikes" felony law (on two pot possession charges and one vandalism) and finds himself with a 25 year prison sentence. The film opens with his goodbye to his mother and arrival at the prison, where he is assigned a cell with an older "lifer", Jake, who befriends him at first, but later preys on Randy's fear and the intimacy they developed in order to manipulate him and get what he wants.

A powerful film which, on its surface, shows how our prison system fails young men like Randy, who become default playthings for the older, stronger inmates. It also illustrates, without discussion (beyond Jake's laughter when he learns why Randy is there), the stupidity of any law that mandates a lengthy sentence regardless of the circumstances. In the two lead roles, Michael Pitt (Randy) and Stephen Adly Guirgis (Jake) provide riveting performances that would have been rewarded if the subject matter was a bit less controversial. Rated R for language and discussion of sexual activity, although there is no sex or nudity in the film itself. The only DVD extra is the trailer and chapter stops.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Shocker! A+, May 3, 2007

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Alshia Moyez Lipwear, LLC "Our Reviews" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jailbait (DVD)

I own this film and actor Michael Pitt really shines in this role. This film is an absolute rollarcoaster ride that takes place in one jail cell...and there's no way out!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Less than I had expected!, January 4, 2010

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Dollyheart (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Jailbait (DVD)

In reading the reviews of others on this site, I am very surprised to see how well this movie was reviewed! I am firstly a big fan of the star actor in this film, Michael Pitt, so it is mainly for that reason that I found and bought this movie, and also it sounded like an interesting concept and movie in the first place- It has also been linked to some of my favorite more underground film-makers and was linked to a lot of other movies that I happen to love! That said, I guess I had high hopes for this movie and really WANTED to like it. I did not end up DISLIKING it, it was more a factor of disappointment than anything else. I felt like it ended rather abruptly, which was surprising to me and not what i would have expected, & was without conclusion, and most of all (WORST of all), without serving any sort of point or making any message clear. It's bad enough that the ENTIRE movie, save for a whopping 5 minutes here and there, was all shot in the exact same setting- a jail cell, and the whole movie consisted of little else than dialoge, which was limited to only two characters to begin with. So needless to say, it was VERY lacking in action or suspense, and ran very dry, as though there was no plot. The way it ended so suddenly was probably what annoyed me the most of all, though. I guess you could say that it was very realistic, in that life is not very entertaining in the everyday scheme of things, so I guess in that light, it was realistic and probably very much like that of ACTUAL conversation/a day in jail...But that's the ONLY thing, and I've always thought the point to watching a movie was to be entertained, if we wanted reality we would just not turn on the tv and just watch life unfold. Long story short, I watched this for the purpose of being entertained, and though the conversation was definitely intriguing at a few points, that's as good as it was going to get. A couple slaps here and there, a few violent outburts/tantrums, a whole lot of conversation- and nothing else!! So if you are a big fan of either of the actors, you might want to rent it, but I would definitely not waste any MONEY on it!!