Synopsis
The story about the relationship between a manic depressive man, Mr Jones, and the female doctor who takes more than a professional interest in his treatment.
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Cast
- Richard GereMr. Jones
- Lena OlinDr. Elizabeth 'Libbie' Bowen
- Anne BancroftDr. Catherine Holland
- Tom IrwinDr. Patrick Shaye
- Delroy LindoHoward
- Bruce AltmanDavid
- Lauren TomAmanda Chang
- Lisa MalkiewiczSusan
- Thomas KopacheMr. Wilson
- Peter JurasikDr. Rosen
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
What is remarkable about "Mr. Jones" is how clearly it communicates his feelings. We begin to understand why manic-depression is sometimes described as the only mental illness its victims enjoy - on the up days, anyway. - 50
ReelViews
See Mr. Jones at your own risk. Those who enjoy excruciatingly manipulative melodrama will probably come out of this movie spouting words of praise. Those who don't find fulfillment in that sort of "experience" would do better looking someplace where the first name of the title character is revealed. - 50
Variety
A high-energy performance by Richard Gere and an intensely brooding one from Lena Olin engage attentive viewer interest, but the stars are forced to overcompensate for a rather slow pace and lack of plot. - 50
Los Angeles Times
The filmmakers are so driven to show us Mr. Jones as a harrowing free spirit that they don’t put much faith in his redemption. They’re as hooked on Jones the high-flyer as Libbie is. - 50
The New York Times
But the screenplay, by Eric Roth and Michael Cristofer, can sound pat enough to diminish the characters. - 50
Chicago Reader
Another chapter in the ongoing struggle between the talented Mike Figgis (Stormy Monday, Internal Affairs, Liebestraum) and studio recutters and reshooters, this intriguing but unsatisfying love story between a manic-depressive (Richard Gere at his best) and his sympathetic therapist (Lena Olin) makes memorable uses of both its west-coast settings and its cast (which also includes Anne Bancroft), but, like Liebestraum, it seems to come to us with several parts missing. - 40
Austin Chronicle
Gere is excellent as this disturbed fellow; his twitches and too-happy smile are right on the money, but this only serves to illuminate the ramshackle state of the rest of the film, which is a shame: good, honest films dealing with mental illness are exceedingly few and far between. This, however, is not one of them. - 40
TV Guide Magazine
The film pretends to be seriously concerned about the intersection of madness and identity, but never explores who these people really are. Instead of showing two people developing genuine intimacy through tenderness and slow, hard-won honesty, we see hysterical behavior generating hysterical responses. This is less psychodrama than Harlequin romance.
