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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Time OutTime OutThe trial scenes are scripted and played with electrifying skill, as every turn and twist is amplified through Close's emotions. But it is much more than a courtroom picture. These days it is almost unheard of for a movie to keep you guessing until the last frame, but this one does, partly because Marquand plays it so beautifully straight.
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe machinery in this movie is so efficient that we don't know the answer until the very last shot.
- 80Los Angeles TimesSheila BensonLos Angeles TimesSheila BensonJagged Edge is really something. It vanishes from the memory like an old grocery list, yet while you’re in it you’re caught. Shocked, intrigued, confused, unnerved and finally snapped right back in your seat with fright, but held all the way.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliLike many entries into the genre, Jagged Edge works best when it's watched with a minimum of analysis. There are a fair number of gaffes, flaws, and other assorted problems, and the plot looks progressively less substantial the more closely it's examined. However, the bottom line is that the crux of the story - whether or not Jack is guilty - is engrossing, and it isn't until we know the answer that the movie really seems to let us down.
- 75TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineIt's slick, romantic, funny (Close has a great rapport with her beer-guzzling, foul-mouthed mentor, Robert Loggia), intriguing, and filled with excellent performances.
- 40The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinJagged Edge has harsh lighting, blunt performances, and artless, no-nonsense dialogue relieved by the occasional bit of excess color.
- 30Chicago ReaderDave KehrChicago ReaderDave KehrRichard Marquand's dull, literal direction takes all the edge off this variant on the “Will he kiss her or kill her?” formula.
- 30Orlando SentinelJay BoyarOrlando SentinelJay BoyarThe biggest fault of Jagged Edge is that whatever suspense it manages to generate in its climactic scenes is achieved artificially, through tricky editing and manipulative "danger" music. The mystery of the murder -- which should be generating the suspense -- is so transparent that I wasn't anywhere near the edge of my seat.