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Generally favorable reviews- based on 32 Ratings

  • Starring: Amber Heard, David Duchovny, Demi Moore
  • Summary: The Joneses are rich, beautiful and seem to be the perfect family. There's only one slight problem. They’re not actually a family, but a team of stealth marketers which moves into upscale communities in order to hook the neighbors on all its wonderful toys. Try to keep up. (Roadside Attractions)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 30
  2. Negative: 1 out of 30
  1. 83
    The Joneses turns out to be a smart little comedy that tosses some sharp little darts at our consumer-driven culture.
  2. The beauty of The Joneses is that the salesmen are as much the victims as the people they're deceiving.
  3. Reviewed by: Helen O'Hara
    60
    A meta-satire that doesn't quite come off.
  4. 38
    Slick as a pig and reeking of phony sympathy for recession-wracked consumers, The Joneses is a black comedy about stealth marketing made by a filmmaker who's evidently much too close to the subject to bite the hand that feeds him.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. If you liked Last Chance Harvey,you'll love The Joneses. It has that same dramdy touch that Last Chance Harvey does. It's one of Demi Moore's best movies. Don't miss it. Expand
  2. 7
    Unexpectedly good. Somewhat predictable, but interesting. Definitely a thought provoking look at our need to 'keep up with the joneses'. I agree with 'Darren Y' 'somewhat one-dimensional characters', but overall more than worth my $1.00 at Redbox. Expand
  3. 7
    This was a surprisingly enjoyable film. I had never heard of the film before I saw it on TV but the premise intrigued me so I took a chance. Mulder acted extremely well, Amber Heard probably gave her best performance and as per usual Gary Cole was phenomenal. The storyline was fantastic and had it been paced ever so slightly quicker I think I would have given this a 9. I felt it waned ever so slightly in the middle. Still, more than worth a view and I would definitely recommend it! Collapse
  4. David Duchovny is excellent in this movie. Its a good movie but I cant help feeling that the studios saw a movie that was too dark ( which it scratched towards the latter part of the movie ) and polished it off. The result has changed what could have been a dark movie into an enjoyable Sunday afternoon movie. The ending kills off any notion of it being alternative. I liked it, just felt that there was something else there which was unfortunately sidelined. Expand

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