Jayne Mansfield's Car

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Jayne Mansfield's Car

R,

2013,

2h 2m,

Drama

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33%

36 Reviews

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41%

1,000+ Ratings

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33%

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36 Reviews

41%

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1,000+ Ratings

After his ex-wife's death, a Southern patriarch (Robert Duvall) and his offspring meet the British family for whom she left them.

Critics Consensus

Jayne Mansfield's Car assembles an impressive number of talented actors, but the screenplay -- co-written by director and star Billy Bob Thornton -- never gives them much of anything to do.

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

Sep 16, 2013

There's a terrific movie struggling to escape from this overplotted, overedited, overdetermined stew ...

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Godfrey Cheshire

RogerEbert.com

Sep 13, 2013

2/4

With its sprawling array of characters and anecdotal, ramshackle structure, [the film] feels more like a collection of interrelated short stories cobbled into an flavorful but ultimately unwieldy narrative.

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Alonso Duralde

TheWrap

Sep 13, 2013

It's one thing to explore the messiness of familial relationships and regret against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, and something else entirely to try and shove every jot and tiddle in place before the closing credits roll.

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Aug 28, 2019

This is one car wreck that neither provides us with survivors nor takes any victims. In other words, there's absolutely nothing there.

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Asia Frey

Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)

Aug 22, 2018

While the slow build of the story was effective, there was also an abruptness to events employed that was extremely realistic and moving.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Jan 13, 2015

C+

Zany but strained period piece dramedy.

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Hermione S

Mar 17, 2017

Not bad , Not Great ....Interesting Discusions ...Good acting ! SOMDVD

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Synopsis

After his ex-wife's death, a Southern patriarch (Robert Duvall) and his offspring meet the British family for whom she left them.

Director: Billy Bob Thornton
Producer: Alexander Rodnyansky, J. Geyer Kosinski
Screenwriter: Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Epperson
Distributor: Anchor Bay
Production Co: Media Talent Group, A.R. Films
Rating: R (Language|Drug Use|Nudity|Sexual Content|Some Bloody Images)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 13, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 15, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.4K
Runtime: 2h 2m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital

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