
A young man in the 1940s raises a family in Alabama after his wife leaves him for an Englishman and moves to England. When the wife dies, she leaves a request to be brought back to Alabama to be buried, and at that point, the man hasn't seen her in nearly thirty years. The two families, her original family she abandoned, and her English family, meet and make an attempt to adjust to each other, with uneven results.... (Full plot summary below)
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A young man in the 1940s raises a family in Alabama after his wife leaves him for an Englishman and moves to England. When the wife dies, she leaves a request to be brought back to Alabama to be buried, and at that point, the man hasn't seen her in nearly thirty years. The two families, her original family she abandoned, and her English family, meet and make an attempt to adjust to each other, with uneven results.
Leave your thoughts about Jayne Mansfield's Car.
| AV ClubNick SchagerCharacters scream, throw glasses, screw, and strip nude for the self-gratifying viewing pleasure of others, but Jayne Mansfield’s Car never musters up even the faintest trace of Tennessee Williams-style hothouse drama. |
| TheWrapAlonso DuraldeIt's one thing to explore the messiness of familial relationships and regret against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, and something else entirely to try and shove every jot and tiddle in place before the closing credits roll. |
| Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)Asia FreyWhile the slow build of the story was effective, there was also an abruptness to events employed that was extremely realistic and moving. |
| The GuardianAndrew PulverIt's ambitious enough to aim at polished, intelligent character drama, and pulls it off successfully. |
| New York Magazine/VultureBilge EbiriJayne Mansfield’s Car isn’t likely to set America’s theaters on fire, but it’s a powerful whisper of a film. |
| VarietyJustin ChangA fine cast can only do so much with the script’s pileup of generational conflict and long-winded introspection, resulting in a willfully out-of-step picture. |
| New YorkerRichard BrodyThere's a terrific movie struggling to escape from this overplotted, overedited, overdetermined stew ... |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfThornton's approach is liquid enough to allow for a few poignant and unsettling moments, keeping the film captivating and organically felt before it becomes unbearable. |
| The DissolveMike D'AngeloThe story’s overall trajectory is familiar, and sometimes clichéd, but it still has the power to surprise and startle from moment to moment, which is what really counts. |
| JoBlo's Movie EmporiumJimmyOIf you are a fan of Thornton's earlier work you will definitely find this to be an oddly enlightening experience. |