Jade

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Jade

R

Released Oct 13, 1995

1h 35m

Mystery & Thriller

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When a prominent art dealer is found murdered, the man's death leads to an intriguing investigation steeped in sex, corruption and crime. District Attorney David Corelli (David Caruso) gets assigned to the case and discovers that a key suspect is his ex-lover Katrina Gavin (Linda Fiorentino), a beautiful psychologist who has settled down with his old friend and peer, Matt (Chazz Palminteri). As Corelli gets deeper into the case, he uncovers dark secrets with far-reaching implications.

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Critics Consensus

An ostensible erotic thriller that's largely neither erotic nor thrilling, Jade marks one of several unfortunate low points for aggressively sexual mid-'90s cinema.

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David Ansen

Newsweek

Eszterhas seems as bored with them as we are. He's just moving his dopey plot along, leaving Friedkin to fill in the gaps with car chases and irrelevant chinoiserie.

Feb 23, 2018

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Bruce Diones

The New Yorker

Writer Joe Eszterhas's follow-up to his Showgirls fiasco is every bit as hopeless, and this time he takes some good actors down with him.

Jun 12, 2013

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Jay Boyar

Orlando Sentinel

Car-chase aficionados are advised not to miss out on Jade, but others can safely give it a pass.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 12, 2013

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Gena Radcliffe

The Spool

Both Friedkin and Eszterhas clearly found the subject matter of their own movie distasteful, which is a bit of a stumbling block when you’re trying to make an erotic thriller.

Sep 28, 2023

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...an entertaining Caruso vehicle that fares better than its reputation might’ve suggested.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 17, 2023

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Margaret A. McGurk

Cincinnati Enquirer

On the surface. Jade looks like it should be a sexy thriller. Turns out it's just another visit to Joe Eszterhas World, where all the sex is nasty, all the men are corrupt and all the tedium is unbroken.

Rated: 1.5/4

Aug 19, 2021

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Ben D

This one is rough. In The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Cal (Seth Rogan) advises Andy (Steve Carrell) that the key to seduction is “Pretend you’re David Caruso in Jade.” Ever since I heard that line almost 20 years ago, this movie has been at the back of my mind. I got none of that here. A contrived plot with all the usual suspects — corrupt politicians (Richard Crenna), slimy lawyers (Chazz Palminteri), and a detective playing by his own rules (David Caruso) — is filled with nonsensical car chase scenes and milquetoast “eroticism”. In Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F., the destructive car chase scene at least had a tinge of 1990s nostalgia to it, but here, it’s sincere and just stupid. Our good guy, ADA David Corelli (Caruso) causes more destructive chasing… someone than is even tangentially reasonable. This has to be one of my most loathed movie tropes. Jade fails because it is not thrilling (despite the intriguing beginning, a tone of which is abandoned thereafter) and is not erotic. In the end, I was left asking myself, “What did I just watch?”. Friedkin is a master, but not in this one.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/25

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Victor P

The plot was contrived, arbitrary, and a disappointment from director William Friedkin and writer Joe Eszterhas who wrote Basic Instinct which was a better movie than Jade.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/23/24

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alvin a

An ambitious San Francisco public defender becomes inveigled in the kinky murder of a local businessman. From the pen of Joe Eszterhaus, still chipping at the block of mental marble that gave us Basic Instinct and Showgirls. So there's some great purple dialogue - few can make a euphemism for genitalia land harder. What gets missed is Eszterhaus's fondness for heroes whose lack of self-awareness verges on stupidity and his sneaking regard for the femme fatale. Once governor Richard Crenna gets in the picture via some incriminating photos, there's also a heavy Clinton/Vince Foster vibe. Director William Friedkin zeroes in on this with an elephant gun, all the while thwarting any real "eroticism" in this erotic thriller via videotape snow and the dampening of animal passions by the Frisco fog. David Caruso is a ginger void, while Linda Fiorentino makes a four-course meal in her role as a thrill-seeking headshrinker. And because this is Friedkin, we get a car chase that only is pipped by Bullitt as the finest to ever be staged in the Bay Area.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/02/24

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Derya S

I love the music and editing, the cast is good too.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/28/23

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Mikael A

linda fiorentino was great. I love her

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/28/23

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Alice E

it is very 90's but it is still good. I love its cinematography and score.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/23/23

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Synopsis

When a prominent art dealer is found murdered, the man's death leads to an intriguing investigation steeped in sex, corruption and crime. District Attorney David Corelli (David Caruso) gets assigned to the case and discovers that a key suspect is his ex-lover Katrina Gavin (Linda Fiorentino), a beautiful psychologist who has settled down with his old friend and peer, Matt (Chazz Palminteri). As Corelli gets deeper into the case, he uncovers dark secrets with far-reaching implications.

Director: William Friedkin
Producer: Joe Eszterhas, Craig Baumgarten, Gary Adelson, Robert Evans
Screenwriter: Joe Eszterhas
Distributor: Paramount Pictures, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc.
Production Co: Paramount Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 13, 1995, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $9.2M
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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