Review of Jude (1996) by Justin M — 08 Dec 2013
Boring.
It continuously reminded me of Sons and Lovers which also bored me to tears. Maybe it was me not understanding the context or something, being in the wrong mood, or perhaps because I watched it when I was sick, but it just struck me as a bitter liberal polemic against some institution or idea it felt did them wrong. It felt like an exercise in instilling pity for someone being an outcast and making very poor decisions rather than a character study or even historic drama. The characters are outcast because they made such poor decisions and intentionally cut themselves off from people. Forgive this spoiler and forgive my poor taste, but I was laughing hysterically at the end because I knew that since everything was going OK again something drastic was going to happen. The whole things was so very predictable.
Maybe I have this reaction because it's hard for me to fathom the society that the story took place in but it was all I could do to stay awake.
To be fair the film had nice camera work, good acting, and a decent script, it just never rose above a well acted soup opera to me.
This review of Jude (1996) was written by Justin M on 08 Dec 2013.
Jude has generally received positive reviews.
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