Jennifer Eight (1992) (2024)

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• Review by matt lynch ★★ 2

  No matter what, you have to respect how they finally put such a satisfying cap on the Jennifer franchise. I laughed, I cried. End of a pop culture era.

  Discussed on Episode 50 of The Suspense is Killing Us.

• Review by Auteur ★★★½ 1

  I'm a sucker for little throwaway mystery/thrillers like Jennifer 8, where A-list talent decides to slum it. The story, about a police detective (Andy Garcia) falling for a blind girl (Uma Thurman) who may or may not be the next target of a serial killer, is not anything special, as it introduces a multitude of characters who are far less concerned with being integrated into the story as they are in announcing their functional roles; Lance Henriksen goes way over the top playing the typical friend/mentor. But reclusive director Bruce Robinson (Withnail & I, How To Get Ahead In Advertising), helming only his third film, the making of which would ultimately disillusion him from Hollywood for nearly two decades, orchestrates an…

• Review by MrPPeeps ★★★½

  Noirvember: 29th Entry. Watched with my mom (Account below, feel free to drop her a follow)

  Despite not being anything particularly spectacular, "Jennifer Eight" has some really great moments of intrigue and suspense. If you're into the mystery/thriller genre like I am, this absolutely manages to tick all the necessary boxes needed. Not exceptional, but solid and enjoyable nonetheless.

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• Review by Sally Jane Black 1

  Boring creepy cop sleeps with a post-traumatic witness. Very little procedural plotting, a whole lot of whining and angry talking and just... I dunno, it had a good twist toward the very end.

• Review by Molly Laich ★★

  f*cking Jennifer 8 million year long movie omg

• Review by MammaPPeeps ★★★★½

  Maybe not overly unique, but I've seen this countless times and I personally think it's really underrated. It's a real shame that people don't know it exists.

• Review by BrashBelle ★★ 2

  It started off with an interesting premise and it seemed like it was going to check the boxes for a fun 90s thriller but as it progressedJennifer 8 started to feel lifeless and dull. Andy Garcia and Lance Henriksen are very good and the dialogue is witty at times. I was really grooving with the first half of the movie but then not so much with the second half. It’s about a serial killer but you never see any murder, it takes itself totally seriously void of any cheese, and the final unmasking is underwhelming. Also the movie portrays Uma’s blind character as completely helpless and not very interesting.

• Review by Justin LaLiberty ★★½

  nothing quite says "merry christmas" like Andy Garcia saying "ho ho ho" to Lance Henriksen after filling up a cooler with cans of Bud Dry

• Review by Andy Summers 🤠 ★★½ 2

  There are films that you'll watch over the years that actually pale into insignificance when you end up reading about the behind the scenes problems of bringing it to the screen. Bruce Robinson's Jennifer Eight is one such movie, a generic mystery thriller that gets bogged down in trying to be too clever for it's own good, it was a box office flop despite an impressive cast that included Andy Garcia, Lance Henriksen, Uma Thurman, John Malkovich, and the production problems essentially broke director Robinson's spirit. He had arguments with the studio over casting choices, budget restraints, even where the movie would be filmed, and as his vision of what he'd wrote seemed to go up in smoke, you can…

• Review by mia ★★★

  if john malkovich interrogated me my soul would just evaporate due to the immense rapid fear channeling through my body

• Review by Wes Edwards ★★★ 2

  Writer-director Bruce Robinson has probably written about his move to Hollywood in 1991. Maybe there's an essay or memoir somewhere. It would be a good read.

  Robinson had just made Withnail and I and How to Get Ahead in Advertising with George Harrison and his London-based Handmade Films. They were small productions with limited releases, but they were dazzling and creative. They made an impression.

  Their reception was positive enough to get Robinson to Hollywood’s attention. He signed with Paramount for his next project, the crime drama Jennifer Eight. The company gave it a solid budget and producers were lining up some big names to star. Prospects for the venture looked good.

  The relationship soon turned thorny, though. The production…

• Review by Jacob Knight ★★½

  Unfortunately dull American giallo/early '90s serial killer procedural that actually sports an admirably ludicrous Argento-esque premise (a black-gloved, whispering killer uses his blade to slice up helpless blind girls). Uma Thurman is his eighth potential victim, the beautiful Jennifer whom Andy Garcia's obsessed, heartbroken cop falls in love with. There's a bunch of stylish/character stuff to enjoy: Conrad Hall's moody cinematography, composer Chris Young's trademark strings and piano, the precipitation heavy pre-SEVEN ambiance that dominates every scene (and eventually gives way to stark, snowy night shooting), Lance Henriksen's plainspoken partner who calls everyone "bro" and will follow Garcia's dumb-dumb into oblivion. But the first hour is so painfully dull that you spend the majority of it trying to figure out…