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- 1990
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 17 m
- 1990
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 17 m
Summary It's 1948 and private eye Jake Gittes is still in Los Angeles in this sequel to "Chinatown."
Directed By: Jack Nicholson
Written By: Robert Towne
- 1990
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 17 m
- 1990
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 17 m
The Two Jakes
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7.6
Where to Watch
Summary It's 1948 and private eye Jake Gittes is still in Los Angeles in this sequel to "Chinatown."
Directed By: Jack Nicholson
Written By: Robert Towne
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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41% Positive
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7 Reviews
53% Mixed
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6% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
56
41% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
53% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Jack Nicholson's impressive, convoluted and moody sequel to Chinatown. [10 Aug 1990]
This is a worthy successor to Chinatown - full of ecological and geological insights into Los Angeles history that recall Raymond Chandler and Ross MacDonald and give a view of southern California that could have been conceived only by a native.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 User Ratings
7.6
68% Positive
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
27% Mixed
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6 Ratings
5% Negative
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1 Rating
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 User Ratings
7.6
68% Positive
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
27% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
5% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
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The Two Jakes is competent and watchable.
The Two Jakes is an interesting movie and audiences are predisposed to warm up to Nicholson the actor, but they may not be so charitable to Nicholson the director. [10 Aug 1990]
Towne doesn't weave all the elements as deftly as before, and his political observations seem secondhand.
The film as a whole is simply an interesting and amusing mess. [10 Aug 1990]
What The Two Jakes makes us long for most is the earlier film.
