SummaryA wealthy woman is murdered in her beach house. The husband is allegedly knocked out first. He inherits all her inherited wealth. He has a female corporate lawyer, criminal prosecutor 4 years ago, represent him in court. Guilty?
Directed By:Richard Marquand
Written By:Joe Eszterhas
Jagged Edge
Metascore
Mixed or Average
60
User score
Generally Favorable
7.1
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
67% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
13% Mixed
2 Reviews
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20% Negative
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100
The trial scenes are scripted and played with electrifying skill, as every turn and twist is amplified through Close's emotions. But it is much more than a courtroom picture. These days it is almost unheard of for a movie to keep you guessing until the last frame, but this one does, partly because Marquand plays it so beautifully straight.
88
Fans of true-life crime stories should gain special pleasure from Jagged Edge, because the film does succeed in making its ending unpredictable--even though an unresolved ending would have been better.
80
Joe Eszterhas conceives a winning formula, and this is perhaps his best film.
75
It's slick, romantic, funny (Close has a great rapport with her beer-guzzling, foul-mouthed mentor, Robert Loggia), intriguing, and filled with excellent performances.
63
In the hands of Brian De Palma, not to mention Hitchcock, Jagged Edge might well have been a serious film. It is no less a thriller for lack of lineage, however. It's ferocious hack work, not believable for an instant, and never boring, either. [4 Oct 1985, p.6]
30
VIOLENT CRIME against women is not entertainment. "Star 80" was not entertainment. "Body Double" was not entertainment." And Jagged Edge is not entertainment. It is commercially packaged abuse. And we are supposed to call this anger art.
30
Richard Marquand's dull, literal direction takes all the edge off this variant on the “Will he kiss her or kill her?” formula.
User score
Generally Favorable
67% Positive
6 Ratings
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22% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
11% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
May 20, 2022
9
Though i don't think the whole love relationship between Teddy and Jack was necessary though again it takes an important scene because of that but i think if they really think about it again, i'm pretty sure there is another way, that's my only problem with the movie, i think overall movie Jagged Edge is an exciting engaging yet depressing thriller that really well performed and really well written, every dialogue especially the whole court scene was just well done, it's a great movie and i like it.
Production Company:
- Columbia Pictures
- Delphi IV Productions
Release Date:Oct 4, 1985
Duration:1 h 48 m
Rating:R
Tagline:When a murder case is this shocking, which do you trust... your emotions or the evidence?
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Young Artist Awards
• 1 Nomination
Fantasporto
• 1 Nomination
