Mr. Jones | | Cast : | Richard Gere, Lena Olin | | Director : | Mike Figgis | | Studio : | Columbia/Tristar Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Widescreen | | Released Date : | October 08, 1993 | | DVD Released Date : | January 25, 2000 | | Language : | Portuguese (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), Thai (Subtitled), Chinese (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 09, 2005 | | Summary | Excellent | Content
 | I loved the movie. As an OCD myself, it helped my family & friends understand the disorder. Thank you Amazon. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 26, 2004 | | Summary | Funny, Charming and Romantic | Content
| This is a pretty good movie I thought. Richard Gere plays Mr.Jones a man who suffers from manic depression who has suicidal tendencies. When I saw it I thought this is one of Richard Gere's best performances in a long time. He really did a great job and it is probably the best acting that I've seen him do in quite awhile. Lena Olin is also very good as the psychiatrist who takes an interest in him both as a patient and in the personal sense. I really liked this movie and have added to my movie collection. It is one of those rare movies that you can see just about anytime. Overall is a good movie but if you need more convincing than that then see it beause of Richard Gere he is excellent in this film and that should be reason enough I think. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 11, 2002 | | Summary | Excellent with many funny, touching moments | Content
| I'm M-D so take that into consideration. Gere doesn't get enough credit for his acting because he has his own persona like John Wayne and critics can't get over this. His is an outstanding performance, trust me. Lena is my favorite actress to watch and listen to so factor that in also. There are just so many funny scenes in this movie! (And a few oddities; Gere is no carpenter--you hammer nails with your wrist, not your arm.) Fun moments: Gere quoting from Alice In Wonderland while playfully teasing Olin's stock psychologist demeanor, the dialogue in and around the car ride, the table tennis sequence is priceless, in fact all of the dialogue between these two excellent actors is worth watching. Two outstanding dramatic moments are 1)the point of Gere's discovery of Olin's prying into his past(and catching him in a chilling lie)and 2)the subsequent confrontation in the rain; this is Olin at her--or anyone's--best...economical and searing. The only major misfire in this movie is the sexual involvement...should have been platonic but this is easily one of Hollywood's best efforts from the 1990s. I bought it. Aaaahhh, Leeena!! Yum |
| Rating | | | Date | December 09, 2001 | | Summary | Surprise :) | Content
| This movie looks as though it will be another one of those trite, over-simplified stories of a mentally ill man. Surprise! Barring the Hollywood idea that all therapists sleep with their patients, this is a great movie that accurately depicts a serious and complex mental illness. I will say that were a therapist to become romantically involved it would probably be with a bipolar patient because their manic cycle is so exciting and exhilirating after endless lifeless burdened people. Gere is astoundingly accurate in his portrayal of both the manic and depressive cycle of bipolar - impressive. A great movie!!! |
| Rating | | | Date | May 07, 2001 | | Summary | Tedious, unimaginative...an overall bad movie | Content
| There isn't really any aspect of this dud that I liked and it should be no surprise that it was a dismal flop with audiences and critics. It's neither original, exciting, or realistic. Gere tries his best to give a potentially complex character some dimension but comes out surprisingly superficial and by-the-numbers. I felt it had something going for it after Gere starts conducting a Beethoven concert (the only good scene in the whole thing), but once he got rushed off to the mental hospital and meets his doctor, I knew the film was totally lost. Once again Gere does try, but it's all very harmless stuff. |
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