Jamaica Inn fingerprintStrong craft, striking style, light on feelings.
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Melancholic
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
History, crime, and mystery
Standout direction and performances
Standout cinematography
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Jamaica Inn is tense. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Melancholic
Emotionally, it's melancholic.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
History, crime, and mystery
Its world is built around history, crime, and mystery.
Standout direction and performances
The direction and performances stand out.
Standout cinematography
Look and sound: the cinematography stand out.
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He ruled Jamaica Inn...citadel of sin on the moors, curse-ridden, shunned, reviled. Enough sensations for a dozen pictures. Laughton at his most magnificent.
Overall: Similar vibe.
Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
Jamaica Inn is included with a subscription to IndieFlix and Artiflix in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Hoopla, and FlixHouse. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 47/100 (IMDb 6.3, Rotten Tomatoes 54%, and Metacritic 52). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated NR in the United States. Content advisories: violence.
1 h 40 min
Jamaica Inn runs 1 h 40 min.
No. It's adapted from a novel.
Yes. Critics average 53 and audiences 50 out of 100, so both groups see Jamaica Inn much the same way.
It was made in English. Produced in United Kingdom.
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TV Tropes lists 50 storytelling tropes for Jamaica Inn, including Meaningful Name, Adaptational Heroism, All Girls Want Bad Boys.
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