Jagged Edge 1985

Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel: The biggest fault of Jagged Edge is that whatever suspense it manages to generate in its climactic scenes is achieved artificially, through tricky editing and manipulative ''danger'' music. Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: The screenplay, by Joe Eszterhas, does what it can to throw up a smokescreen, but the audience will probably be well ahead of the story's final resolution. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: The wholesome cast completely obliterates the unstated perversities that have been this genre's reason for being. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Like many entries into the genre, Jagged Edge works best when it's watched with a minimum of analysis. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Supremely effective. Read more

Time Out: These days it is almost unheard of for a movie to keep you guessing until the last frame, but this one does, partly because Marquand plays it so beautifully straight. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: A well-crafted, hardboiled mystery. Read more