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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Screen DailyLisa NesselsonScreen DailyLisa NesselsonThe motivations and the performances are solid in Jane Got A Gun, an attractively mounted post-Civil War revenge drama with plenty of shooting and a well-placed twist or two.
- 70VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonA solidly made and conventionally satisfying Western.
- 70Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenJane Got A Gun may not have reinvented the wagon wheel, but it rolls out as a sturdy, well-crafted genre piece despite its rocky road to the screen.
- 65TheWrapAlonso DuraldeTheWrapAlonso DuraldeJane Got a Gun takes long pauses in the action to chronicle through flashbacks how this love triangle comes to defend a single home. The film’s greatest surprise is that these unabashedly emotional flashbacks work.
- 63RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiRogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiJane Got a Gun has its good points and less demanding fans of the Western genre may find some value in it, especially considering how few films of its type actually get made these days.
- 58The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThe A.V. ClubJesse HassengerEven when the movie focuses on its imagery rather than its plot mechanics, it seems intent on covering its bases rather than committing to a particular look or mood.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyEntertainment WeeklyChris NashawatySince the film’s last-minute rewrites, casting switcheroos, and musical chairs behind the camera are irrelevant to the actual quality of the movie, I’ll avoid rehashing them here, save to say that the disarray shows on screen.
- 40The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LanePut the evidence together, and it’s no surprise that this poor little movie fires blanks. It never wanted to be a Western at all.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerThe Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerA handful of plot twists are not enough to compensate for an overtly heavy, often dreary affair that rides straight into the final standoff with little elegance and a wagon train of pathos.
- 40The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyWhatever feminist angle the film might have once aspired to is lost in its listless shuffle.