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  • 2021
  • Not Rated
  • RLJE Films
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2021
  • Not Rated
  • RLJE Films
  • 1 h 38 m

Summary Anne is married to a small-town minister and feels like her life and marriage have been shrinking over the past 30 years. After a chance encounter with “The Master,” she discovers a new sense of power and an appetite to live bigger and bolder than before. As Anne is increasingly torn between her enticing new existence and her life before...

Directed By: Travis Stevens

Written By: Mark Steensland, Kathy Charles, Travis Stevens

  • 2021
  • Not Rated
  • RLJE Films
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2021
  • Not Rated
  • RLJE Films
  • 1 h 38 m

Jakob's Wife

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
59
User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 4 User Ratings
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Summary Anne is married to a small-town minister and feels like her life and marriage have been shrinking over the past 30 years. After a chance encounter with “The Master,” she discovers a new sense of power and an appetite to live bigger and bolder than before. As Anne is increasingly torn between her enticing new existence and her life before...

Directed By: Travis Stevens

Written By: Mark Steensland, Kathy Charles, Travis Stevens

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
59
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0% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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40% Mixed
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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80
Apr 7, 2021
While there are some serious themes at play, the movie still has plenty of gooey gory fun for horror fans.
By Lorry Kikta FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 16, 2021
In Jakob’s Wife, the classic vampire theme is looped into an insightful and often very funny commentary on marriage and the limitations placed on women.
By Sheila O'Malley FULL REVIEW
67
Apr 7, 2021
Jakob’s Wife is a fun throwback to gory vampire horror, but its gory surface covers some troubling implications. The problem lies in presenting two oppositional arguments and not fully interrogating either of them.
By Jenn Adams FULL REVIEW
63
Apr 14, 2021
Believability takes a back seat here, obviously, and the special effects are so over-the-top bloody as to be more comical than scary; unlike In the Earth, a much slicker British horror film opening in theaters this week, Jakob’s Wife proudly embraces its inherent B-ness. But it’s the star who makes this a low-down hoot while rooting it in some tart and deserved observations about the battle of the sexes.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
60
Aug 19, 2021
Crampton and Fessenden’s easy, credible chemistry keeps up a steady baseline of bickering banter that’s charming throughout. The film could have been a bit more audacious about tweaking Christian pieties, but you can’t have everything.
By Leslie Felperin FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 16, 2021
With Jakob’s Wife, come for the campy gore, stay for the surprisingly feminist message about vampirism as a way to set you free.
By Mary Beth McAndrews FULL REVIEW
40
Apr 7, 2021
Despite Crampton and Fessenden’s game playing, and a few nicely icky practical effects, “Jakob’s Wife” feels strangely anemic, which, as we all know is more fatal to the already iron-deficient movie vampire than garlic, holy water and sunshine combined.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW

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Production Company AMP International, Eyevox
Release Date Apr 16, 2021
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline Who's Your Master?
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Awards

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 2 Nominations
Critics Choice Super Awards
• 1 Nomination

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