SummaryA woman (Natalie Portman) asks her ex-lover (Joel Edgerton) for help in order to save her outlaw husband from a gang of killers.
Directed By:Gavin O'Connor
Written By:Brian Duffield, Anthony Tambakis, Joel Edgerton
Jane Got a Gun
Metascore
Mixed or Average
49
User score
Mixed or Average
5.2
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
49
29% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
71% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
0% Negative
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Jan 29, 2016
70
Jane Got A Gun may not have reinvented the wagon wheel, but it rolls out as a sturdy, well-crafted genre piece despite its rocky road to the screen.
Jan 29, 2016
65
Jane Got a Gun takes long pauses in the action to chronicle through flashbacks how this love triangle comes to defend a single home. The film’s greatest surprise is that these unabashedly emotional flashbacks work.
User score
Mixed or Average
5.2
26% Positive
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
53% Mixed
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
21% Negative
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
Mar 24, 2016
9
Maybe Natalie didn't ever really really occupy this character, but she did pretty well. For an actress who always seems so young, it was nice to see her be a mature woman. The other characters were first-rate, IMO. Joel Edgerton has quite a future as an actor and writer, and Noah Emmerich played it perfectly. He could've over-dramatized that role; maybe the director had a say in that, yeah? I reckon. I thought the pacing of the story was perfect, and enjoyed the flashbacks. Finally, the cinematography was beautiful; this movie is loaded with jaw-dropping shots. Oh yeah, all the sleazeball bad guys were very entertaining! Holy Toledo, what a bunch of creeps!
Oct 4, 2016
8
A woman's preparation to fight the outlaws. Probably on underrated film, but for me, I'm sure it is an underrated film. From the director of 'Warrior', another excellent film to include in his filmography. A well written screenplay, but that's where the problem is according to those did not like it. Because it was kind of 'all's well, ends well' story. That does not mean it is full of cliché, maybe they expected the film to be more harsh and violent like most of the high profile western films do. Sorry to those who did not enjoy it, but I did. It was nothing like only for men, but still R rated. Yep, I understand the last 10-15 minutes was so intentional, so what, the story wrapped perfectly in a right way. I must appreciate the cast, particularly the lead two actors, Natalie Portman and Joel Edgerton. This film is not an opportunity to give the best character display, but everyone did their parts quite finely. Ewan McGregor was a disappointment with his useless role. I mean it was a good one, but not made for him. I think the villain character lacks the toughness. That leaves it a one sided theme, so you might not know how the developments happen, but you will know which way is it heading in the earliest. Particularly as it was focused more on the romance, despite it is not a romance theme. Though there is a twist and many turns in the narration. Overall film was very entertaining, partly predictable, yet totally worth a watch if you keep your expectation locked in a safe afar while watching it. 8/10
Dec 21, 2016
60
The arid landscapes are handsomely shot, the set-pieces punchy and intimate, and the performances robust, with Portman reminding us just how good an actress she is as her no-nonsense Jane gets on with the business of survival.
Jan 31, 2016
50
It constantly blunders into stylistic choices and narrative clichés that sabotage the sturdy two-hander at its center.
Jan 29, 2016
50
Since the film’s last-minute rewrites, casting switcheroos, and musical chairs behind the camera are irrelevant to the actual quality of the movie, I’ll avoid rehashing them here, save to say that the disarray shows on screen.
Feb 3, 2016
40
You have to feel a certain sympathy for a project as cursed as this one, but there’s no denying that Jane’s gun barely grazes its target.
Jan 25, 2016
40
Put the evidence together, and it’s no surprise that this poor little movie fires blanks. It never wanted to be a Western at all.
Apr 28, 2016
8
Like the old westerns of the John Wayne days, this movie was very similar in style. Not a lot of talking, not a lot of doing, just getting it done. There was a back story of course, and we see it slowly in flashback, and it gives meat to the "cut to the bone" story line. About the only change made for today is the heroine; in the old days, it would have been a young boy.
May 9, 2020
6
It's an okay western. Decent acting and cinematography, but mostly predictable and somewhat lame story.
Oct 9, 2016
6
First of all, if you want to see something new and fresh in this movie - there is nothing really. Ok, I agree, movies should not be rated only in comparison with other movies but on their own too - so, first of all, while acting is not bad, the story itself is not that entertaining and actually is quite predictable from the beginning to the end. Even some twists they try to put in there do not feel like twists and you feel like - ah, whatever, this does not really change things here. It was ok and well acted, but certainly not a movie to remember for a long time and it lacked something in the storyline to be a greater movie
Jul 13, 2021
1
J’aime bien le titre qui promet beaucoup, un titre évidemment difficile à traduire en français sinon que par… « Jane a un flingue… et ça va chier ! » et puis on aime bien sûr beaucoup Natalie, a fortiori dans un western qui tire sur la corde… féministe ? Que nenni… ou si peu, hélas ! Car en vérité, ce n’est certainement pas un film sur Calamity Jane ! c’est juste une calamité, à savoir un western dodo à deux de tension à dormir debout. Le réalisateur Gavin O’Connor est coutumier du fait et via un scénar déjà faiblard, il n’en tire qu’un film plus poussif encore ! c’est dire si on se fait chier à mort là-dedans… On aura reconnu dans le rôle du « méchant » un certain Ewan McGregor… pas convaincant du tout. On ne tient bien entendu pas jusqu’au bout même si cette mollesse indescriptible a au moins un avantage : la mise en scène est calme et posée, y compris dans les (très) rares scènes d’action… qui couvrent à peine le bruit de mes ronflements.
Production Company:
- 1821 Pictures
- Boies Schiller Entertainment
- Eaves Movie Ranch
- Handsomecharlie Films
- Relativity Media
- Scott Pictures
- Straight Up Films
- Unanimous Pictures
- WeatherVane Productions
Release Date:Jan 29, 2016
Duration:1 h 38 m
Rating:R
Tagline:She turned to her past to protect her family.
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Awards
Hawaii Film Critics Society
• 1 Nomination
