Jolene

Name: Jolene
Genre: Drama
Released: October 29, 2010
Rating: 31

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JOLENE

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Entertainment One | Release Date: October 29, 2010

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 destroysJolene 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 destroys her marriage to his wealthy fundamentalist nephew, to an ex-mobster (Donald Sutherland) attempting to make good in Las Vegas. Denise Richards, Rupert Friend, and Theresa Russell co-star in a film adapted from the story by screenwriter Dennis Yares. (E1 Entertainment)… Expand

Director: Dan Ireland

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

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Observer - Rex Reed

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. Read full review

Los Angeles Times - Gary Goldstein

Nov 4, 2010

More epic than it needs to be and less profound than it should be, Jolene remains a watchable excursion into human frailty and foibles. Read full review

Movieline - Michelle Orange

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. Read full review

Variety - Rob Nelson

Oct 24, 2010

Though stretched to a two-hour run time, Doctorow's socially critical tale is reduced to queasy spectacle. Read full review

The New York Times - Jeannette Catsoulis

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. Read full review

Village Voice - Nick Schagaer

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. Read full review

New York Post - Lou Lumenick

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"). Read full review

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