2010
R
Entertainment One
2 h 1 m

2010
R
Entertainment One
2 h 1 m

Summary Jolene is a red-haired wanderer who isn't content to call one place home for any expended stretch of time. Setting off to explore the outside world at age fifteen, the free-spirited teen embarks on a decade-long cross-country of adventure which finds her crossing the paths of everyone from a firebrand Texan who steals her heart and destr...

Drama

Directed By: Dan Ireland

Written By: Dennis Yares, E.L. Doctorow, Michael Gilio

2010
R
Entertainment One
2 h 1 m

2010
R
Entertainment One
2 h 1 m

Jolene

Name: Jolene
Genre: Drama
Released: 2010-10-29
Duration: 2 min 1 s
Rating: 31
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Frances Fisher, Rupert Friend, Dermot Mulroney, Zeberiah Newman

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings

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Directed By: Dan Ireland

Written By: Dennis Yares, E.L. Doctorow, Michael Gilio

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Observer

Oct 27, 2010

You go away exhilarated. The movie has been through as many hurdles getting here as dear, sweet Jolene, but sometimes the most engaging movies are the ones worth waiting for.

By Rex Reed FULL REVIEW

Movieline

Oct 26, 2010

Chastain, an incandescent redhead with a heart-shaped face and round, shining eyes, does more justice to the part than it deserves.

By Michelle Orange FULL REVIEW

New York Daily News

Oct 29, 2010

The tone veers wildly, from wacky indie to melodramatic soap opera. Like the other men in her life, Ireland adores Jolene without entirely understanding her.

By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Oct 28, 2010

Jolene's skin may smell like warm milk to Brad, but to the rest of us it has curdled long before she leaves his bed.

By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

Oct 26, 2010

Throughout, Chastain delivers a full-bodied debut performance, but she's ultimately stuck taking her wandering-soul protagonist far more seriously than it-or the film-deserves.

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Time Out

Oct 26, 2010

There's no pleasure in watching the repeated sexual exploitation of the eponymous heroine in Dan Ireland's adaptation of E.L. Doctorow's short story; that there's little purpose to this abuse, however, is absolutely unforgivable.

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New York Post

Oct 29, 2010

So bad it's almost (but not quite) good, Dan Ireland's Jolene is an unusually elaborate and excruciatingly long vanity production based on a short story by E.L. Doctorow ("Ragtime").

By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings

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Production Company Next Turn Productions

Release Date Oct 29, 2010

Duration 2 h 1 m

Rating R

Genres

Drama

Tagline A life between the exit signs

Website http://www.jolenemovie.com/

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Awards

Seattle International Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Women Film Critics Circle Awards

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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Denise Richards

Marin

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