Jayne Mansfield's Car

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Jayne Mansfield's Car

R

2013

2h 2m

Drama

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After his ex-wife's death, a Southern patriarch (Robert Duvall) and his offspring meet the British family for whom she left them.

Critics Consensus

Jayne Mansfield's Car assembles an impressive number of talented actors, but the screenplay -- co-written by director and star Billy Bob Thornton -- never gives them much of anything to do.

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

09/16/2013

There's a terrific movie struggling to escape from this overplotted, overedited, overdetermined stew ...

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Godfrey Cheshire

RogerEbert.com

09/13/2013

2/4

With its sprawling array of characters and anecdotal, ramshackle structure, [the film] feels more like a collection of interrelated short stories cobbled into an flavorful but ultimately unwieldy narrative.

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Alonso Duralde

TheWrap

09/13/2013

It's one thing to explore the messiness of familial relationships and regret against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, and something else entirely to try and shove every jot and tiddle in place before the closing credits roll.

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

08/28/2019

This is one car wreck that neither provides us with survivors nor takes any victims. In other words, there's absolutely nothing there.

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Asia Frey

Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)

08/22/2018

While the slow build of the story was effective, there was also an abruptness to events employed that was extremely realistic and moving.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

01/13/2015

C+

Zany but strained period piece dramedy.

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Annie C

@bluesgirl7474 Jan 5

The script is weak. The acting is bad. Every scene is choppy and the pace is horrible. Not worth the effort of Hollywood just because it’s a true story.

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Zoe B

@Peeker Dec 25

A death brings two unlike families together where each person has their own pain and joy to share if only a person slows down to really see and listen. Some great dialogue combined with subtle messaging. Life is full of pain, we all have choices on how to carry it. Well done, great acting by a cast with diverse talents. With giving 2 hours to.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Jul 23

2 hours and 2 minutes based on a true story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated R for Language, Drug Use, Nudity, Sexual Content and Some Bloody Images!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $14,400.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Billy B

Mar 31

It had its funny moments Slow at times but worth watching

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Martin B

Mar 6

Very strange movie. Loaded with some really good actors doing great acting but the script lets them all down. Like they're trying to do a southern themed masterpiece with a British twist based on simmering family, patriarchal based dysfunction like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof but it doesn't come together in any kind of cohesive manner. The ending just left me asking that's it? Anyway I loved it simply to see great actors do the most with the lines they were given. Especially Katherine LaNassa, perfectly cast as the cheating, aging southern bell who at times looked like she could tie the whole thing together but in the end felt used and discarded. A swing and a miss for Billy Bob who shot for cinematic greatness coming many years after the acclaim of Sling Blade but came up short.

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Dawn K

01/28/2025

Worst of the worst.

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Synopsis

After his ex-wife's death, a Southern patriarch (Robert Duvall) and his offspring meet the British family for whom she left them.

Director: Billy Bob Thornton
Producer: Alexander Rodnyansky, J. Geyer Kosinski
Screenwriter: Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Epperson
Distributor: Anchor Bay
Production Co: Media Talent Group, A.R. Films
Rating: R (Language|Drug Use|Nudity|Sexual Content|Some Bloody Images)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 13, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 15, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.4K
Runtime: 2h 2m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital

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