Kathi Maio The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Feb 28, 2020

The Jacket is definitely one of those jumbles of a movie that I would normally rail against. And yet, in this case, the film still somehow manages to hang together as whole.

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James Mottram The List Apr 24, 2019 3/5

The film is energetic. But with a rather conventional love story at its heart -- not particularly convincingly acted by Brody and Knightley -- this is one jacket that doesn't fit.

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media Dec 28, 2010 4/5

Smart thriller is for mature older teens only.

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Mark Halverson Sacramento News & Review Aug 7, 2008 4/5

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Amber Wilkinson Eye for Film Jun 13, 2008 3.5/5

Maybury is an artist in addition to a director and it's clear that he has an eye for colour, which he uses cleverly to reinforce emotion.

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Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Sep 24, 2007 D

A morose and bleached-looking affair, with depressing music by Brian Eno to match.

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Prairie Miller Long Island Press May 29, 2007

There's nothing wrong with a little vicarious experience when you go to the movies, but the director seems to think that his supernatural psycho thriller has to drive you crazy, just to get what it's like to be really insane.

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Stefan Ulstein Christianity Today Sep 25, 2006 2.5/4

A solid attempt to wrestle with some big questions. The cast is exemplary and the premise and script are well reasoned and artful. But it doesn't quite come together.

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Joseph Proimakis Movies for the Masses Aug 31, 2006 1.5/5

Tadjenin seems to draw inspiration from two books: "10 ways to copy 12 Monkeys" --a far inferior read to "10 ways to write 12 Monkeys"-- and "Common Sense: A Stranger"

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Steve Dread Central Feb 1, 2006 3/5

As incoherent as it is enjoyable, The Jacket hits the marks that it set out to, yet leaves the audience a bit cold with its squeaky clean ending.

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Heidi Martinuzzi Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 2.5/5

The only real scares here take place as images in Brody's head when he hallucinates under Dr. Becker's treatment. The rest of the film has a somewhat sappy quality to it and doesn't deliver any suspense or thrills of any kind.

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Dragan Antulov Draxblog Movie Reviews Nov 1, 2005 7/10

film whose quality defies its script

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Pablo Villaça Cinema em Cena Oct 7, 2005 3/5

Conta com conceitos interessantes, embora demore um pouco mais do que deveria para revel-los para o espectador.

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Bryant Frazer Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus Aug 31, 2005 B

Ambitious-verging-on-pretentious screenplay adroitly lensed by a director with impressive formal command.

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Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile Aug 30, 2005

It doesn't wash - they just end up with hogwash...

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John J. Puccio Movie Metropolis Jun 18, 2005 5/10

What we get is mostly a convoluted tale that tries hard to seem far more important than it is. In fact, it's all rather banal and sentimental.

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Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel 3BlackChicks Review Jun 17, 2005

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Matthew Turner ViewLondon May 14, 2005 4/5

Part of the fun with twisty time-travel movies is in trying to figure out what's going on and The Jacket delivers nicely on that score, keeping you guessing till the end.

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Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com May 10, 2005 2/4

By basic definition a time-travel yarn, but to say that is to make this rather turgid drama sound more interesting than it is.

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Stella Papamichael BBC.com May 10, 2005 3/5

Ultimately it doesn't amount to much, but like Starks' drug-induced trip, The Jacket is about the journey not the destination.

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