JCVD

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JCVD

R

Released Nov 7, 2008

1h 36m

Comedy

Crime

Drama

Action

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Weary action star Jean-Claude Van Damme (Jean-Claude Van Damme) returns to Belgium to find relief from his troubles but instead stumbles into a bank robbery.

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JCVD is a touching, fascinating piece, with Jean-Claude Van Damme confounding all with his heartfelt performance.

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Grady Hendrix

Slate

Think of it as Sunset Bloodsport with Jean-Claude as Norma Desmond.

Jun 10, 2013

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David Stratton

At the Movies (Australia)

It's fun as far as it goes, and for the most part quite well made, but in the end it's really not about very much at all.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 10, 2009

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Philippa Hawker

The Age (Australia)

[Van Damme] brings a kind of weary dignity to the role, and a surprising self-awareness...

Rated: 3.5/5

Mar 6, 2009

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

It presents a human being, stripped of his celebrity’s arrogance and self-importance, revealing a broken man teeming with pathos and heartfelt regret. It’s a staggeringly good performance.

Rated: 3.5/4

Mar 3, 2024

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Justin Brown

Medium Popcorn

This was boring, slow, and ultimately inconsequential.

Rated: 1/5

Jan 24, 2024

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Brandon Collins

Medium Popcorn

This was painfully boring and despite showing a different side of JCVD, there just wasn't enough meat on the bones of this story...

Rated: 1/5

Jan 21, 2024

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Faiz D

JCVD gives his finest performance.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/13/25

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Audience Member

A very interesting if not perfectly realized film, "JCVD" delightfully basks in the sunlight of its meta premise like there's no tomorrow. The photography didn't click with me and now and then it felt like the movie was trying to eulogize JCVD, but I enjoyed the humour, the self-referential aspects and the way the story was presented. Yet stealing the show is JCVD himself, who has doubtlessly grown a lot as an actor since his action hero heyday and hereby delivers a career-defining performance.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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r 9

Pretty good! I wouldn't class 'JCVD' as anything above that, though it is a film worth watching. I really like the way the story is portrayed, while it's interesting to have JCVD play JCVD. It's not as entertaining as it perhaps could've been, though it merits props for how it's put together and how it comes out - which is positively

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Inconsistencies (especially in story & tone) abound. Cinematography is clumsy, claustrophobic, & ugly. However, contains Van Damme’s arguably best performance, capped off by a powerful monologue recorded in a six minute unbroken take. #nitrosMovieChallenge

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/23/22

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nefasto r

Strong beginning and strong ending, but drugs a bit in the middle. Still, definitely the best movie JCVD ever made and ever will.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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I think that Van Damme can act I love this movie it is rare these days to see incredible real martal art actors . There are great ones today but rare although this movie is a nice portrayed by Jean Claude Van Dame. Have more closed sets so he can create his craft I may have gone of topic of the movie but he is great. Make more movies like this .

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Synopsis

Weary action star Jean-Claude Van Damme (Jean-Claude Van Damme) returns to Belgium to find relief from his troubles but instead stumbles into a bank robbery.

Director: Mabrouk El Mechri
Producer: Sidonie Dumas
Screenwriter: Frédéric Bénudis, Mabrouk El Mechri, Christophe Turpin
Distributor: Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc.
Production Co: Artemis Productions, Gaumont, Samsa Film, Canal+
Rating: R (Some Violence|Language)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 7, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 9, 2016
Runtime: 1h 36m

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