Video Review

Jennifer 8

EW's GRADE
C+

Details Movie Rated: R; Genres: Drama, Mystery and Thriller; With: Andy Garcia and Uma Thurman

Jennifer 8 Andy Garcia, Uma Thurman (1992, Paramount, R, $95.95) Hotshot British director Bruce Robinson (Withnail & I) has cobbled together a few ice- cold movie conventions into a lukewarm thriller. There's the burnt-out cop (Garcia) after a serial killer. There's the blind woman (Thurman) in jeopardy. There's the cop's older partner (Lance Henriksen) whose name should be Lunchmeat. There's also John Malkovich, happily hamming it up as a fed with a head cold, and a snowy Northern California setting instead of the usual city streets. Unfortunately, even if Robinson's dark visions look murkier on a TV screen, the killer's still far too easy to see. C+ -Ty Burr

Originally posted Jun 25, 1993 Published in issue #176-177 Jun 25, 1993 Order article reprints

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