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Straight-Jacket
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50 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 15
  3. Negative: 2 out of 15
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  1. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Eric Campos
    80
    In a perfect world, movies this clever would open in theaters every weekend. Maybe some day.
  2. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Albert Williams
    80
    The players deftly balance flip caricature with a surprisingly moving depiction of those trapped in the celluloid closet.
  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Robert K. Elder
    75
    A talented craftsman of dark raillery, Day and his fixation on Hollywood melodrama are indulged to delicious effect in his sophomore effort.
  4. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Chuck Wilson
    70
    Writer-director Richard Day, whose debut feature, the drag comedy Girls Will Be Girls, was shamefully neglected by critics and audiences alike, proves again that he's the new master of the catty one-liner, and he's also becoming a striking visual stylist.
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Joe Leydon
    70
    A fey and frisky farce with a fabulous fashion sense, Straight-Jacket artfully balances broadly campy humor and ironically overplayed soap opera.
  6. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    63
    Day's primary mistake is an occasional attempt to get serious. With a deft comic touch and a topic that's still timely, he doesn't need to play it straight.
  7. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    60
    Wastes its promising premise with a wavering tone that veers uneasily between camp humor and, pardon the expression, straightness.
  8. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Crust
    60
    Whatever pleasures it holds, Straight-Jacket is highly uneven.
  9. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Rene Rodriguez
    50
    The light-hearted fun seeps out of the movie, replaced by trite interludes of coming-out angst.
  10. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    50
    It has verve, color and energy, but there's something fundamentally bogus about it.
  11. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    50
    Melodramatic.
  12. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Scott Tobias
    40
    Loses its sass too quickly.
  13. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Edward Crouse
    40
    Jacket's shrill, Necco-colored sets and distractingly awful CGI long shots almost mask the movie's real coup: Letscher's physique.
  14. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    25
    The game cast tries desperately to be funny, but Day hasn't provided them with the material.
  15. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    20
    Played in a loud sketch-comedy style that might be described as "Gay Mad TV." The haranguing, badly acted farce wears out its comic welcome within half an hour.
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