Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt

2012 1h 27m EN

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★6.8TMDB · 92

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Synopsis

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Jesse finds himself struggling to get his job back as the Paradise police chief, and he is forced to rely on his cop intuition to sort through a maze of misleading clues and hidden meanings as he attempts to solve a shocking and horrifying mob-related double homicide.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Tom Selleck
Jesse Stone
Kathy Baker
Rose Gammon
Kohl Sudduth
Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson
Gloria Reuben
Thelma Gleffey
Stephen McHattie
Commander Healy
William Sadler
Gino Fish
Robert Carradine
Arthur Gallery
Jeff Geddis
William Butler

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Robert Harmon
Writers: Tom Selleck, Michael Brandman
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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87 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 14 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Jesse Stone Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Robert Harmon, shot by David Gribble. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Steven Cohen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Tom Selleck and Kathy Baker and Kohl Sudduth carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2004262 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

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Only 92 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Robert Harmon directs. David Gribble behind the camera. Steven Cohen cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

187 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 14 years ago.
3Part of the "Jesse Stone Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Robert Harmon, shot by David Gribble. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Steven Cohen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Tom Selleck and Kathy Baker and Kohl Sudduth carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt2004262 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 92 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: David Gribble
Editing: Steven Cohen
Production design: David Chapman
Makeup / hair: Betty Belmore
Sound: Larry Benjamin
Stunt coordinator: Eric Bryson
Runtime: 87 min · 1h 27m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012)

Part of

Jesse Stone Collection

Series of movies based on detective novels written by Robert B. Parker. The movies begin out of sequence with the original books but stay relatively true to storylines and character with exceptions made mostly for network viewing palatability.

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Robert Harmon

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What people are saying

Reno2016-10-24
★ 7/10
The one man force. The eighth film in the Jesse Stone series based upon the characters created by Robert B. Parker. If you had read all my previous reviews of this series, you would know how much I'm looking forward for this. Not like I'm happy with the series to continue, but the last couple of films were below par than usual Jesse films. Like always, I went for it expecting the series could get better, and does it fulfill my desire? I won't say it did, but surely a decent one. It had the opportunity to become much better than that, but it was the story, like they wanted to start off again from the scratch. So it was kind of a refresher in the series, there's big changes you would find from the very first scene itself. Jesse received his PPD cap, that mean he's back, but he's the only one left in the force. This time he brought in to investigate the death of his rival in the department. He also has a strong back from the town council, as well as from his Boston boss. So this is an important case for everyone, particularly for Jesse to get back like he always say this is his last stop. This is not a detached story, I mean not some new characters comes in, commits crime and got punished. This is really well improvised story within the available characters. So the viewers can be optimistic about guessing the events including the finale. Kind of depressing to see one man doing all the job. I mean it was always been like that in the series, but this time feels it was a slow presentation. Jesse is no Rambo, yet feel he's isolated. I liked how the film developed with the existing characters. That means there's a serious change in characters, like many are from the previous films went missing and some of those who appeared in this were involved in termination. So the next film will be very interesting, whether there will be a bunch of new ones or the old ones return. "Cop deserves the benefit of the doubt." Regarding the case he's on, he deals it on his usual way. But nothing seems a masterful, the twist and turns are ordinary. So don't anticipate any masterstrokes. Jesse was just roaming around seeking information and then suddenly he gets a clue he was looking for. With that he uses a bait to catch the bad guys and they fall for it. But while dealing it, the event takes an unexpected turn, leaves the story might continue in the following sequel as well. That's the confusing, because the film ran for nearly 90 minutes and did nothing to end on high as it does always. So with this kind of drag, I don't know where the series is heading. Like I always say, Tom Selleck is the reason I'm still hooked to this series. In this installment, it is all about him, because like I mentioned earlier, the next to his roles like Rose and Luther are off the hook. That means the Jesse's therapist like the third string characters automatically taken the leap forward, but nothing much expectable from them. Particularly Thelma, the Hasty's assistant seems interested in Jesse, but it does not tell us how serious it is. Because fighting crime takes over the this romance, or maybe we can call a flirtation like Jesse does to gain information. I think, again the follow-up is to answer that question. After getting into the rock bottom with the last film, this one looked much better, but still not the best I was looking for. It's just trying to be a normal film, like a television film from the old days and it succeeded somehow. So definitely it is a decent comeback and there's only one film to go for me to end the Jesse Stone series. Oh, I almost forgot that the original director returned for this, that's really amazing news for the series fans. Like the old team coming together, somewhat the series back on the track. The next film that released in the 2015 was received well, that's what I've heard, so can't wait to watch it. The final review on its way, meet me there. 7/10

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