Jacknife

Jacknife (1989)

  • 64% of critics liked it
    (14 reviews)

  • 43% of users liked it
    (1,994 ratings)

This little-known Robert DeNiro film is set several years after the war in Vietnam. DeNiro plays an unpredictably explosive war veteran, while Ed Harris co-stars as his army buddy, who's trying his best to forget his Vietnamese experiences by crawling into a bottle. While visiting Harris and… More

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Drama
In Theaters
Mar 10, 1989 Wide
On DVD
Jan 23, 2007
HBO Video

Critic Reviews

  • David Cornelius, DVDTalk.com

    Jacknife works best when illustrating a quiet grace.

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    This Vietnam vet melodrama is extremely well acted by De Niro, Ed Harris, and Kathy Baker.

  • Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan

    Gritty De Niro in hard core yarn

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    Reveals the difficulties many Vietnam veterans have in readjusting to life at home.

  • David Poland, Hot Button

    Great actors... dissapointing movie

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