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Jagged Edge

1985 · 108 min

A sleek, suspenseful legal thriller that keeps you guessing about guilt and attraction, with a chilling undercurrent.

Tagline: When a murder case is this shocking, which do you trust? Your emotions or your evidence?
Overview: After a wealthy heiress is murdered in her beach house, her devastated husband becomes the prime suspect. He hires a lawyer who hasn’t taken a criminal case in years, and as they work together, a complicated romance develops amidst the trial.

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: deception
betrayal
justice
obsession
morality
Places: big city
workplace
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	4
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	5
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: thriller
Directed by: Richard Marquand
Written by: Joe Eszterhas
Starring: Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Peter Coyote, Lance Henriksen, Robert Loggia, Michael Dorn, Maria Mayenzet, William Allen Young
Music: John Barry
Cinematography: Matthew F. Leonetti
Runtime: 108 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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