Straight Jacket

Straight Jacket (2004)

  • 48% of critics liked it
    (21 reviews)

  • 52% of users liked it
    (890 ratings)

An actor trying to keep the truth about his love life under wraps discovers feelings he doesn't want to hide in this frothy comedy. It's the mid-'50s, and Guy Stone (Matt Letscher) is a very successful movie star. Tall, good-looking, and boyishly charming, Stone has a reputation as a ladies' man… More

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Unrated, 1 hr. 36 min.
Directed By
Richard Day
Genres
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy
In Theaters
Mar 4, 2004 Wide
On DVD
Jun 21, 2005
Regent Releasing

Critic Reviews

  • Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

    It has verve, color and energy, but there's something fundamentally bogus about it, and whenever it takes a turn into seriousness, entire moments fall apart.

  • Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune

    Day's pyrotechnic dialogue and instinctive comic timing make Straight-Jacket a delight.

  • Joe Leydon, Variety

    A fey and frisky farce with a fabulous fashion sense.

  • Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter

    Wastes its promising premise with a wavering tone that veers uneasily between camp humor and, pardon the expression, straightness.

  • Stephen Holden, New York Times

    This featherweight spoof of closeted, Red-baiting Hollywood in the mid-1950's is played as such an exaggerated cartoon that its political outrage is dissipated by its stridency.

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  • Ina S


    Very fun, campy film with some great moments and lead actors that throw themselves into the film with gusto and a lot of self-deprecating humour. The timing wasn't always perfect and the hilarity was unfortunately not sustained throughout the whole movie. But overall an… More

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