Jailbait

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Jailbait

R

2004

1h 30m

Drama

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18 Reviews

50%

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500+ Ratings

A young man is sent to prison for 25 years and is taken under the wing of Jake, a lifer with dark intentions.

Bob Longino

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Disturbing and affecting.

Rated: B-

Aug 31, 2006

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Marrit Ingman

Austin Chronicle

The stage origins are simply everywhere, but this debut feature is so fantastically acted that it inspires indulgence of its first-timers' mistakes.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 26, 2006

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Carrie Rickey

Philadelphia Inquirer

Claustrophobic and overwrought, Jailbait is an unpleasant excursion into gay panic mitigated somewhat by performances that are hard to shake.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 18, 2006

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Brian Holcomb

PopMatters

It's really not much fun watching the non drama of our hero Randy (Michael Pitt) staring at the walls and keeping the hands of the more brutish Jake from clawing up his skirt.

Rated: 4/10

May 5, 2008

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Doris Toumarkine

Film Journal International

Loaded with talent but not much else.

Mar 1, 2007

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Don Willmott

Filmcritic.com

a grueling acting exercise

Rated: 3/5

Nov 20, 2006

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ahmed b

Disturbing and affecting.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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ari v

A good study of both hell being other people and it's ambiguities. Oh and btw, neither the description you see on this page, nor the trailer - correspond to the correct film. Only the poster. See IMDB for correct description and trailer. This is no comedy.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

this movie was cool but it was a little explicit definitely not for kids

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

A very gripping, thought provoking film, no easy feat since it mainly only has two actors in it and most of the movie takes place in one room!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

Cheap, insulting, dangerous filmmaking. I'm happy few will ever come across this trash bin champion. Do better filmmakers.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

Haunting performances, however the blocking was made horribly static by the claustrophobic set that crippled the actors' abilities.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Brett C. Leonard

Director

Stephen Adly Guirgis

Jake

Michael Pitt

Randy

Laila Robins

Mother

David Zayas

Guard

Eric Trosman

Prison Guard

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Synopsis

A young man is sent to prison for 25 years and is taken under the wing of Jake, a lifer with dark intentions.

Director: Brett C. Leonard
Producer: Rene Bastian, Corbin Day, Brett C. Leonard, Linda Moran, Dan O'Meara
Screenwriter: Brett C. Leonard
Rating: R (Graphic Sexual Dialogue|Some Violence|Pervasive Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2017
Runtime: 1h 30m