Jean of the Joneses
The lives of 25-year-old Jean Jones and her multi-generational, middle-class Jamaican-American family is changed forever after their estranged patriarch dies on their doorstep. Throughout the film, the Jones women face their divorces, infidelities, and past transgressions.
5 July 1985, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
19 September 1977, Florida, USA
28 November 1971, Bangor, North Wales, UK
9 June 1964, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
16 November 1976, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
5 October 1990, Santa Monica, California, USA
12 February 1987, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
5 December 1980, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
22 April 1967, Chicago, Illinois, USA
October 06, 2016
Introducing both a fresh new voice and a fresh new face to independent filmmaking, Jean of the Joneses is a crisply urbane comedy from first-time writer-director Stella Meghie, boasting a sparkling lead performance by Taylour Paige.
November 11, 2016
Takes its cues from both Woody Allen's self-indulgent worlds and the literary panache of Zadie Smith, but remains original in its darkly funny perspective ...
March 30, 2016
Meghie's endearingly acerbic debut feature is a work of modest ambition and commercial outlook, but that modesty proves intrinsic to its appeal ...
September 09, 2016
While its themes don't feel properly developed, breakout title actor Taylour Paige and her fictional family (including Sherri Shepherd and Gloria Reuben) make the Joneses worth keeping up with.
October 06, 2016
Highly visually controlled, snappily edited, and beautifully acted, Jean of the Joneses is a clever New York comedy about the Caribbean diaspora.
