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  • Just Another Love Story (2007)
    Review preview for Just Another Love Story

    Beautifully shot and well acted.

    Maryam Ghorbankarimi · 3.5 out of 5
    A case of mistaken identity after a car accident turns violent and seedy.
  • Just A Kiss (2001)
    Review preview for Just A Kiss

    While the film is, indeed, freewheeling, some of us prefer to call it out of control.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    Farcical romance as three couples become inextricably entwined due to wanderlust.
  • Just A Sigh (2013)
    Review preview for Just A Sigh

    A movie that lets you be the judge of inappropriate behaviors and risks worth taking.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    An actress meets a stranger on a train and conceives of a different life.
  • Just Do It (2010)
    Review preview for Just Do It

    The team's ability to keep filming in chaotic situation is impressive, especially when they are largely amateurs.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A first-hand look at the politics of civil disobedience in the UK.
  • Just Friends (2005)
    Review preview for Just Friends

    Just Friends is less crude than many films of its kind and even made me laugh.

    Stephen McMorland · 3 out of 5
    High school fatty becomes slim womanising record exec in role reversal comedy, with hot girls vs hometown sweetheart.
  • Just Like Heaven (2005)
    Review preview for Just Like Heaven

    A love story that, despite my sincerest cynicism, allowed me to invest for the slender 90-minute runtime.

    Scott Macdonald · 3 out of 5
    Ghostly love story that explores the difference between bumping into furniture and walking through walls
  • Just Married (2003)
    Review preview for Just Married

    The film oozes bad taste like pus from a poultice.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Radio weather reporter marries a rich airhead and they have a horrible honeymoon in Europe.
  • Just Visiting (2001)
    Review preview for Just Visiting

    The jokes are overplayed and feeble to the point of embarrassment.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    US remake of Les Visiteurs, in which a medieval knight and his servant appear in the modern world.
  • Just Walking (2008)
    Review preview for Just Walking

    A stylish femme-thriller with good twists and turns.

    Darren Amner · 3.5 out of 5
    An ex-con plans to get her own back on her thug of a husband by ripping him off.
  • Juvenile Offender (2012)
    Review preview for Juvenile Offender

    Kang Yi-kwan's film bristles with life despite his understated style.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Released from a young offenders' institution into difficult circumstances, a troubled young man searches for stability.
  • J. Edgar (2011)
    Review preview for J. Edgar

    Though he gets relatively little screentime, the underrated Hammer delivers a nuanced performance that forms the film's emotional core.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Biopic about the controversial FBI director.

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