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Genre :

Drama, Crime

Release Date :

March 28, 2008 (NY)

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

J.P. Schaefer

Starring :

Jared Leto, Lindsay Lohan, Ursula Abbott, Judah Friedlander, Michael Sirow, Brian O'Neill, Adam Scarimbolo, Victor Verhaeghe, Matthew Humphreys

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

“..low on incident and high in tedium..”
by Dennis Harvey [Variety]
1 of 4

“..boring, torpid movie..”
by Kyle Smith [New York Post]
2 of 4

“..a navel-gazing bore..”
by Maitland McDonagh [TV Guide]
Review rate : C

“.."Chapter 27" lacks poignancy and basically has no reason to exist..”
by Emanuel Levy [EmanuelLevy.Com]
2.5 of 4

“.."Chapter 27" is often dizzying, with leaps in time and logic that try to mirror its subject's mind-set..”
by Joe Neumaier [NY Daily News]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Tony Sullivan [Eye for Film]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Prairie Miller [NewsBlaze]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
Reviewed by David Noh [Film Journal International]
Reviewed by Matt Zoller Seitz [NY Times]

Reader's Reviews


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it's great!!!

posted by transirina on Dec 27, 2006

This movie is a BAD idea Remember John, not his killer www.BoycottChapter27.org

posted by boycottchapter2 on Feb 03, 2007

this movie is so great, a real masterpiece! congratulations

posted by Constance on Jul 21, 2008

it was good, i wanna know is that Jareds reall body fat or props

posted by 30stmfan on Aug 02, 2008

Its a real masterpiece, its not bad mouthing jon y would you boycot it . and also thats jerads real body he gained 60 pounds for the role

posted by Inglenook on Aug 13, 2008

I'm not really fond of it to be honest. In my opinion it was a bit...boring. I missed some sort of tense, but the acting was very good.

posted by Lieuwke on Dec 24, 2008

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posted by Hsbjaxcm on Jul 16, 2009
 
 

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