Jakob's Wife

"Can't quite decide if it's spoofy or serious, and doesn't have the smarts to be both."

"Stevens mostly compensates for weaknesses in the dialogue by shifting among the film's wildly divergent tones, but this is Crampton's movie through and through."

"Its silliness often undermines its exploration of themes and clever gender-swapping."

"Every movie would benefit from Barbara Crampton dancing to a Concrete Blonde song."

"A good enough time at the movies."

"Travis Stevens is psychologically astute, until it gives itself over to turning subtext into extremely legible text."

"A portrait of a marriage in a rut, saved when the husband stops sucking the life out of his spouse and instead helps her suck the life out of everyone else."

"A career-best Barbara Crampton dominates the uneven Jakob's Wife."

"An insightful and often very funny commentary on marriage and the limitations placed on women."

"It's the star who makes this a low-down hoot while rooting it in some tart and deserved observations about the battle of the sexes."