Sean Penn
Thomas Janes
A newspaper photographer, Jean, researches the lurid and sensational axe murder of two women in 1873 as an editorial tie-in with a brutal modern double murder. She discovers a cache of papers that appear to give an account of the murders by an eyewitness.
Release Date | 2000-09-25 |
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Runtime | 1h 53m |
Directors | Kathryn Bigelow, Adrian Biddle, David Webb, Sarah Dunsworth |
Producer | Sigurjón Sighvatsson |
Writers | Alice Arlen, Christopher Kyle, Anita Shreve |
Either one of the two stories might have been engaging on their own, if they hadn't shown their hand from the very start. A disappointment to know this comes from Kathryn Bigelow.
Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product.
— Gimly