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Jagged Edge (1985)

Rate: 8
Viewed: 7/12, 2/19

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7/12: I believe it's a standard procedure that all witnesses are to be included in the list for a court case, but in Jagged Edge, it's been a neverending parade of surprise witnesses.

Also, I believe dissecting the murder scene is part of it. Yet this doesn't happen here, either. Anyway, I like Jagged Edge for entirely different reasons because it's a thrilling whodunnit mystery. The ending is credulous, but Teddy Barnes' blindness to the truth is rather incredulous. Everybody but she can see it coming although I admit to being back and forth in my guesses.

My favorite performance comes from Robert Loggia which garnered him a much deserved Oscar nomination. His final line is the greatest, and he's the man. Score one for Joe Eszterhas, too, for the writing as his stories have invariably made the pictures interesting and compelling to watch, no matter how implausible they are. Jagged Edge is no exception to this. By the way, how about these super annoying kids? It'll be nice to introduce the jagged edge to them.

All in all, Jagged Edge is a thrilling mystery flick with the best Robert Loggia performance ever.

2/19: "Fuck him. He was trash."

Nobody had said it better. As a reward, Robert Loggia was Oscar-nominated for Best Supporting Actor in Jagged Edge. What a great performance. And the plot is terrific, too, which is typical of Joe Eszterhas' lurid stories. By the way, this is my favorite trivia of the film which is taken from IMDb:

"Jane Fonda was originally attached to play the female lead. When she demanded that changes be made to Joe Eszterhas' script, the studio sided with Eszterhas and replaced her with Glenn Close."

I'm going to cue Robert Loggia one more time: "Fuck her. She was trash." Yeah, the killer's identity is predictable and can be spotted from a mile away, but Jeff Bridges is so dang good and handsome that he's an all-around dream. No wonder why Glenn Close's character couldn't cross her legs quickly enough.

All in all, Robert Loggia is still the man.