Preview: Jolene (2010)

Synopsis:

Based on E.L. Doctorow's short story about a red-headed young woman shunted from foster home to foster home who breaks out on her own and explores her sexual side with various types of men.

• Poster: C+

Review:

While it works thematically, it doesn't work visually. The open road is a nice metaphor and when used in a film, it works quite well. However, putting such a vast expanse on a poster is just about as boring as driving through the endless soybean and cornfields along the highways in Kansas.

• Trailer: C

Review:

Typical indie fare with no sense of place or presence, only hoping to be evocative enough to draw a modest audience.

Oscar Prospects:

None.

Release Date:

• October 29, 2010

Full Review Synopsis:

I have not seen this film.

-Wesley Lovell (November 4, 2010) Original