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Jennifer Eight

Play trailer Poster for Jennifer Eight R,  1992,  2h 7m,  Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 38% 21 Reviews Tomatometer 36% 5,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
38% Tomatometer 21 Reviews 36% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
After discovering his wife's adultery, Los Angeles detective John Berlin (Andy Garcia) relocates to recover and work alongside old friend Freddy Ross (Lance Henriksen) in the peaceful small town of Eureka, Calif. When a severed hand is found in a garbage dump, John realizes it belongs to a missing blind woman and connects it to six similar murders. Fearing the next to die will be Helena Robertson (Uma Thurman), the blind roommate of the last victim, John tries to protect her and find the killer.

Critics Reviews

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 2000
1.5/4
Somebody should have taken a hard look at the screenplay and decided that it wasn't finished. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Feb 8, 2024
2.5/4
Title notwithstanding, here’s a murder-mystery that avoids being completely by-the-numbers, even if it ultimately fails to fulfill its immense promise. Go to Full Review
Joe Lipsett Queer.Horror.Movies. Jan 29, 2024
3.5/5
The film is worth recommending thanks to Hall’s cinematography, as well as the relationship between Garcia's Berlin and Henriksen's Freddy. As a relic of a bygone Hollywood era when these films were common, Jennifer 8 remains an entertaining thriller Go to Full Review
Nick Rogers Midwest Film Journal Nov 28, 2022
4/5
Writer-director Bruce Robinson's ruthlessly oppressive and relentlessly impressive thriller offers a tried-and-true template of tough, terse mystery storytelling and compellingly realized character-driven complications to the film’s central investigation. Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Oct 25, 2022
2/4
...a slow and sluggish endeavor that contains, at its core, a tedious, hopelessly convoluted mystery... Go to Full Review
Owen McNally Hartford Courant Apr 23, 2018
Because of its sometimes murky plot and lethargic pace, the film never delivers a real knockout punch as a thriller. It's more like a semi-thriller, at best, steeped in atmosphere but lacking in scary moments. Go to Full Review
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George P Nov 28, 2017 3.0/5.0 stars - Grade: C+
Hermione W Sep 18, 2017 Interesting Dark Thriller with Andy and Uma @ their best. Add Lance Henriksen and John Malkovich...why not be scared of the dark? See more
Leia S Jul 11, 2017 Very under rated Neo Noir thriller . Excellent twist in the plot great ending. Love story . Murder mystery . Thriller , Drama . All rolled into one film. The reviews are way off base . Great film .4.5 See more
Draco R Oct 8, 2007 Below average mystery. Slow and uninvolving. Thurman nude scene is body double.
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Cast & Crew

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Bruce Robinson

Director

Alexandre Aja

Director

Andy Garcia

John Berlin

Uma Thurman

Helena

Lance Henriksen

Freddy Ross

Kathy Baker

Margie Ross

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Jennifer Eight

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Movie Info

Synopsis After discovering his wife's adultery, Los Angeles detective John Berlin (Andy Garcia) relocates to recover and work alongside old friend Freddy Ross (Lance Henriksen) in the peaceful small town of Eureka, Calif. When a severed hand is found in a garbage dump, John realizes it belongs to a missing blind woman and connects it to six similar murders. Fearing the next to die will be Helena Robertson (Uma Thurman), the blind roommate of the last victim, John tries to protect her and find the killer.
Director
Bruce Robinson, Alexandre Aja
Producer
Gary Lucchesi, David Wimbury
Production Co
Paramount Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 6, 1992, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 23, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA)
$11.0M
Runtime
2h 7m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
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