" Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 60 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". The website's consensus reads: "Coolly performed and suspenseful, Jagged Edge is a satisfying enough potboiler that most audiences won't mind if the twists don't quite add up. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 81% of 31 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.7/10. According to Eszterhas, Ransohoff was unimpressed with the casting of Glenn Close and tried to make her re-shoot a sex scene, so that he could watch her. The film was originally written as a vehicle for Jane Fonda, who turned down the project. In addition, Michael Dorn – two years before starting his 30+ years portraying the character Worf in the Star Trek franchise – has his first credited film role, as polygraph analyst Dan Hislan, while Diane Erickson gives testimony as alibi victim Eileen Avery.Īccording to Joe Eszterhas, the film originated with producer Martin Ransohoff, who wanted to make a courtroom drama in the vein of Anatomy of a Murder. Ransom comes in and unmasks the attacker: Forrester. She shoots him several times until he falls to the floor. As he starts to attack, Barnes throws back the covers to reveal a handgun. A masked figure breaks in and confronts her in her bedroom. Barnes calls Ransom, on the brink of telling him that Forrester is a killer, but instead hangs up. When Forrester calls, she tells him she found the typewriter. In the morning, she discovers, in a closet, a 1942 Corona typewriter matching the analysis of the anonymous notes. Krasny walks off in disgust.īarnes goes to Forrester's house to celebrate, and they sleep together again. Barnes announces to the media that she left the district attorney's office when Krasny suppressed evidence that proved Henry Styles was innocent. The judge forbids Krasny from presenting his theory to the jury and Forrester is found not guilty. Krasny insists that Forrester planned Page's murder for 18 months, he attacked Jensen to create an alibi for himself, and he is the writer of the anonymous letters. In chambers, the judge threatens to have Krasny disbarred. As Krasny objects that the attack on Jensen is unrelated to the one on Forrester, he lets slip that his office had investigated the attack and not revealed it in discovery. All the details match, but she says her attacker seemed to stop himself from killing her. Ask Julie Jensen." Barnes calls Jensen to testify that she was attacked in the same manner as Page Forrester. She feels manipulated and now believes Forrester is guilty but continues out of a sense of duty.Īnother note arrives at her office saying, "He is innocent. As Avery details her relationship with Forrester, Barnes finds it eerily similar to her own relationship with him. Krasny calls Eileen Avery, who had an affair with Forrester, to testify. The prosecution's case relies on circumstantial evidence and two of its key witnesses are discredited by Barnes. In a pre-trial meeting, Barnes tells the judge that Krasny has a history of not meeting discovery obligations. Her office begins receiving anonymous letters containing non-public case details and an analysis shows they were typed on a 1942 Corona typewriter. Ransom warns Barnes that Forrester is just trying to make her care more about his case. Barnes decides to take the case.īarnes and Forrester prepare for the trial and eventually sleep together. Barnes visits Sam Ransom, a private detective who also used to work for Krasny and who changed careers at the same time as Barnes. Krasny tells Barnes that prisoner Henry Styles hanged himself, which distresses her. Barnes is reluctant to take the case since an incident with district attorney Thomas Krasny, her former boss, caused her to quit practicing criminal law. Husband Jack Forrester, arrested for her murder, tries to hire high-profile lawyer Teddy Barnes to defend him. Loggia was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.Ī masked intruder breaks into the beach house of San Francisco socialite Page Forrester, ties her to her bed, rips open her shirt, and kills her with a hunting knife. The film received positive reviews from critics and was a box office success. A lawyer reluctantly takes the case of a man accused of killing his wife, but remains uncertain if he is guilty or not. The film stars Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Peter Coyote and Robert Loggia. Jagged Edge is a 1985 American neo-noir legal thriller written by Joe Eszterhas, and directed by Richard Marquand, the last of his films to be released during his lifetime.
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