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Mr. Jones

1993

Mike Figgis

Richard Gere, Lena Olin, Anne Bancroft, Tom Irwin ...

4.8

4,401

Drama. Romance Mr. Jones (Richard Gere) is a man suffering from bipolar disorder, a disease that affords him periods of intense emotional pleasure and expansiveness but which also results in periods of suicidal depression. Libbie (Lena Olin), a doctor at a psychiatric hospital, takes an interest in his condition, and also in him--after all, he's intelligent, perceptive, and charming. Mr. Jones likes her, also, and puts enough trust in her to allow ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"The movie is worth seeing, for Gere's transitions from highs to lows, which are so convincing that we really do feel in the presence of mental illness (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Todd McCarthy Variety	"A high-energy performance by Richard Gere and an intensely brooding one from Lena Olin engage attentive viewer interest, but the stars are forced to overcompensate for a rather slow pace and lack of plot."
		Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle	"Good, honest films dealing with mental illness are exceedingly few and far between. This, however, is not one of them (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Gere makes his character so immediate that the film ought to find more pathos in his problem. But the screenplay can sound pat enough to diminish the characters"
		James Berardinelli ReelViews	"Those who enjoy excruciatingly manipulative melodrama will probably come out of this movie spouting words of praise (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Ty Burr Entertainment Weekly	"A little too spongy for high- quality junk food"
		Johanna Steinmetz Chicago Tribune	"Figgis' constant camera cuts are almost as animated, as jazzy, as Jones' highs. The director shows a daring sense of rhythm in his edits and, for this story, anyway, it works."
		TV Guide	"Instead of showing two people developing genuine intimacy through tenderness and slow, hard-won honesty, we see hysterical behavior generating hysterical responses"
		Duane Byrge The Hollywood Reporter	"'Mr. Jones' is, unfortunately, sugarcoated with a glossy doctor-patient love story that diminishes its emotional strengths."
		Time Out	"The film veers unsteadily between overblown romance and a portrait of a disturbed and pained man as a wacky guy who's fun to be with. Small wonder that the director has disowned the release version."

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