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Jesse Stone: Stone Cold |  | Director: Robert Harmon
Actors: Tom Selleck, Jane Adams, Reg Rogers, Viola Davis, Alexis Dziena
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  91 reviews
Sales Rank: 1093
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: Chinese (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 99
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Running Time: 87 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 043396111387
ISBN: 140498285X
UPC: 043396111387
EAN: 9781404982857
ASIN: B0009FU0ZQ
Theatrical Release Date: February 20, 2005
Release Date: June 28, 2005
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Product Description
Based on the novel by best-selling author Robert Parker, this film is about cynical, hard-drinking, police chief Jess Stone (Selleck) who must put his
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 91
 Quietly chilling April 3, 2006
T. Noever (Brisbane, Australia)
29 out of 29 found this review helpful
I have never read a Parker novel and am unlikely to; so I have no comparisons and adaptation issues. But both I and my wife loved this flick.
Hard to say why; a mystery I'm still trying to fathom. I think it was just so well put together, with all the tiny bits and pieces fitting almost seamlessly. Selleck was a wry marvel with a troubled history and a character who left so much unsaid that one wondered just exactly when he would explode. This contrasts nicely with so much over-stated acting that considered great and significant these days. To allow just enough to appear on the outside to give a hint of what depths may lurk inside--without making it 'arty' and pretentiously obscure--it's become a rarity on the small screen and the large.
The supporting cast performed similarly. I think the strength of the movie that everybody appeared to have 'depth', without it ever becoming tedious and tiresome--and the plot and pacing allowed this to shine through.
A word about the killers. Some would like more 'motive' and more 'explanation' I guess. But why? Sometimes people do things for reasons that nobody but themselves will ever be able to understand. Why do we need this all neatly wrapped up? Why not just say 'they did it because they wanted to and because they could'. It happens; and when it happens, I think our lack of understanding of it--which is implicitly our lack of understanding of the complexity of human nature--is what really scares us. Which is why those two killers may be more terrifying than Leatherface.
5/5 for performance and story
Till Noever, owlglass.com, Author: KEAEN, CONTINUITY SLIP, SELADIENNA
Jesse Stone Rocks May 5, 2006
AlGoreBoy (Colorado, United States)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
Simply put, this was one of the most refreshing and enjoyable TV movies in decades. It had the courage to take its own sweet time getting to where it wanted to get (and yes, you must have an attention span longer than 5 seconds to enjoy this). Selleck is simply great, and the wonderful feel of coastal New england just oozes from frame to frame. I am so looking forward to more if these gems...maybe now I will actually keep the TV!
Stone Cold is a must May 6, 2006
flyer
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Where big budget Hollywood movies fail to develop characters and give us cookie cutter sets, this made for tv movie raises the bar. Rich layers of atmosphere puts you right in Paradise (Mass. that is) and Tom Selleck was made for this part!
Stay with me here . . .better movie than the book August 17, 2005
Larry Scantlebury (Ypsilanti, MI United States)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
OK. We're talking icon here. If you read novels, mystery thrillers, loyal protaganists, Robert B. Parker is the master. Are there better mystery-thrillers? Yeah. The Long Goodbye still is the tops, Big Sleep not far behind, currently lots of good ones, Mystic, Diehl's (unfortunately not) critically acclaimed Eureka, Landay's recent first timer in Mission Flats.
But, Parker does so many things "first." Really, first buddy anti-heros, Spenser and Hawk. Lots of cross racial conversations. Gay friends (you weren't the first, Kellerman), tremendous intellect, tremendous loyalty, and a tremendous code to live by.
But Spenser is getting on in years and so Parker introduces Jesse Stone. This is the poorest of the Stone novels so I hope Selleck does more. I liked the book for the analysis of Stone's love of his ex; here in the movie it's kind of superficial and Stone's weakness (thank you Bob) is it's always the relationship. He can't let go of his ex-wife. That's why he drinks. And he was a great Triple A ball player. And that unfortunately gets a thin explanation.
All in all, kudos to the cast. It's well filmed and the cinematography enhances the double entendre of the name of the town, "Paradise." The serial killers were creepy in the book and likewise here. The High School rape issue was a balancing point to show Jesse's humanity, the 'pure' side he likes to hide. Selleck as always does a great job.
I liked it. 5 stars. Larry Scantlebury
Fair Book, Good Movie March 1, 2006
J. Neil Gieleghem (The Living Hell That Is Los Angeles, CA)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I'm a BIG fan of Robert Parker's earlier "Spenser" novels, so thought I would take a look at his "Jesse Stone" series. The book on which this film is based is, in my opinion, only fair. But Selleck made it into a very good, small/initimate detective/police procedural thriller.
(Ironically, in an interview included in the "Special Features" on the DVD, Selleck apologies to Parker fans for certain plot changes made in the movie. In my opinion, these changes greatly improved the plot - and I say that as a Parker fan.)
Selleck seems to bring more and more authenticity and . . . well . . .gravitas . . . to each new role he tackles. You see this in his Westerns, e.g., Quigley Down Under (which I also recommend). Part of it is acting.
But if you know what to look for you can tell that Selleck knows his way around firearms and is not some Hollywood nitwit who would like as not shoot his foot off in Real Life. I think this actual knowledge bleeds over into Selleck's film roles, and helps make him believable.
Bottom Line: "Stone Cold" is better than 95% of the bigger budget, "fantasy" cop films that are out there. No explosions or car chases. Just a good story; good acting; and characters you care about.
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