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'Jailbait' succeeds in rattling the audience
by Bob Longino

The claustrophobia-inducing psychological drama "Jailbait" is a little film not so much to be enjoyed as endured. More like a play than a movie, it's the alarming tale of a young three-time felon (all charges involved drugs and vandalism) who winds up with a 25-year sentence and a murderer for a cellmate. To be specific, the killer sliced his wife's throat in a fit of revengeful ferocity. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
Randy, a boyish felon, finds himself locked up for 25 years. His cellmate Jake is a congenial, yet remorseless, lifer who casually informs Randy that he slit his wife's throat because she slept with another man just three months after they exchanged vows. Jake recognizes Randy's fear and offers him advice on how to make it in prison. But it soon becomes clear that Jake has much more than mentoring in mind as he takes Randy under his wing.

FILM FACTS ...

Kindred Media Group

'Jailbait'

Director: Brett C. Leonard
Starring: Stephen Adly Guirgis, Michael Pitt, Laila Robins, David Zayas, Eric Trosman
Run time: 89 minutes
Release date: August 4, 2006
Rating: R for pervasive language including graphic sexual dialogue, and some violence.

On the web
Official movie site

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READ THE REVIEW

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: B-
"... a depiction of prison as every don't-go-to-jail scare story warns it will be."