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Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt

2012 · 87 min

A slow-burning, methodical mystery that feels like a quiet, brooding puzzle, with a weary detective piecing together clues in a small town.

Directed by
Robert Harmon
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Crime
Overview
Jesse finds himself struggling to get his job back as the Paradise police chief, and he is forced to rely on his cop intuition to sort through a maze of misleading clues and hidden meanings as he attempts to solve a shocking and horrifying mob-related double homicide.

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Directed by
Robert Harmon
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Crime
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • corruption
  • justice
  • mystery
  • redemption
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

In this series

Jesse Stone Collection

  1. Stone ColdMovie · 2005
  2. Jesse Stone: Death in ParadiseMovie · 2006
  3. Jesse Stone: Night PassageMovie · 2006
  4. Jesse Stone: Sea ChangeMovie · 2007
  5. Jesse Stone: Thin IceMovie · 2009
  6. Jesse Stone: No RemorseMovie · 2010
  7. Jesse Stone: Innocents LostMovie · 2011
  8. Jesse Stone: Benefit of the DoubtMovie · 2012 This title
  9. Jesse Stone: Lost in ParadiseMovie · 2015

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Genres
drama, thriller, crime, mystery, tv movie
Directed by
Robert Harmon
Written by
Michael Brandman, Tom Selleck
Starring
Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker, Kohl Sudduth, Gloria Reuben, Stephen McHattie, William Sadler, Robert Carradine, Jeff Geddis
Cinematography
David Gribble
Runtime
87 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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