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I've heard it's bad...how bad exactly...


Right, 'The Times' is giving this film away this week. Is it really worth my £2 to see this film? Or will it be like 'Under Capricorn' all over again!

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I think it's quite good. Not Hitchcock's best, but worth seeing if only for the scenery chewing of Charles Laughton, as well as one of the first films to feature cinematic spitfire Maureen O'Hara.

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RIP Maureen O'Hara. But this film is a turkey:

In 1978, film critic Michael Medved gave Jamaica Inn a place in his book The Fifty Worst Films of All Time


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica_Inn_%28film%29

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I can't quite agree with that. I've seen much worse. I'd give it 5.5 out of 10.

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