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Jayne Mansfield's Car

2012

Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton, Robert Duvall, John Hurt, Kevin Bacon ...

5.6

96

Drama A young man in the 1940s raises a family in Alabama after his wife leaves him for an Englishman and moves to England. When the wife dies, she leaves a request to be brought back to Alabama to be buried, and at that point the man hasn't seen her in nearly 30 years. The two families - her original family she abandoned and her English family - meet and make an attempt to adjust to each other, with uneven results.

	Author	Review
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"A fine cast can only do so much with the script's pileup of generational (...) resulting in a willfully out-of-step picture."	NEG
United States	Sam Adams Time Out	"Thornton never establishes a rhythm that would let him move between stories without it feeling like he's changing channels on a vintage TV. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Billy Bob Thornton's rough charms make him always a welcome screen presence, but his return to the writer-director chair doesn't stand a chance with this labored script."	NEG
United Kingdom	Mark Adams Screendaily	"Screen veterans Robert Duvall and John Hurt make a strong impact, but sadly 'Jayne Mansfield's Car' is never quite as intriguing as the title suggests."	NEU

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