NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

SanteeFats This is the fifth Jesse Stone movie. He is on an apparent stake out with the state's homicide captain in some sleazy Boston suburb. Out of the fog a shadowy image appears and shoots both of them. This person then comes up to give the coupe de grace but Jesse is still conscious and pulls his weapon. He shoots at the perp and seems to hit him. The captain is in the ICU in a coma and Jesse is able to walk around. William Devane reprises his role as an ex-cop and drunk turned shrink. He and Jesse have some interesting confabs about more than just Jesse's problem's. Kathy Baker plays a rusty deputy returned to service while Molly is out pregnant. There is the search for a long time missing, thought dead boy. A letter from Paradise leads the still looking mother to Jesse. Through some luck and good cop work they find that the boy had actually lived in Paradise until he died while skating. The town council is out to get Jesse since he does things his way and not theirs, but they will not come out and fire him. Old Suitcase is freaky now that he is out of his coma from the last movie. He comes out with random thoughts and ideas that are pertinent to what is being discussed at the moment. There is quite a bit more but watch the movie if you like cop detective films. This is pretty good.

goldenstar2 I must differ from the previous reviews of this movie, in my opinion it is just awful. I had the misfortune of watching a Jesse Stone movie last year and had hoped that the 2009 version may be a little more entertaining but was very disappointed. Tom Selleck, who is one of my favourite actors, looks like a human version of my grandmother's Bassett Hound, all sad and droopy, I hoped a dog-catcher would spot him and take him away permanently. His character is so wrapped up in his alcoholic misery it cast a depressing pall over the story. "Joe the Dog" was without a doubt the star of the show, I hope he was digging Jesse Stone's grave beside the sea shore! The movie has one really great benefit, you do not have to take a sleeping aid the night you watch.

locoowl This latest Jesse Stone feature is the first one of the series which is not based on a Robert B Parker novel. Even so, it rings true to the series and is, in my opinion, one of the best written in the series.While the interaction between Rose (Kathy Baker) and Jesse (Tom Selleck) is not as warm and caring as the relation between Jesse and Molly Crane (played by Viola Davis in previous episodes), the dialogue is crisp and taut with meaning. It is good to see Kathy Baker given some major time in one of these episodes. The same thing holds with Jesse's dealings with Suitcase. The dialogue is crisp and razor sharp with all the wit and irony that I expect from Robert Parker characters.A previous reviewer talked about this episode being character driven. I think that is true of all of them, but definitely more so than usual in this episode. The dialogue in this one helps define and shape the characters as never before. I thought it sparkled. The back and forth between Jesse and the woman who is investigating him, Sidney Greenstreet - who saw that one coming? - is ironic, witty, urbane, and has just the right feel to it. The same is true for some of the scenes with Kathy Baker. There is a lot of irony and an attempt on Jesse's part to seem more hard-nosed than he actually is.Some may think that the plot lines were rather weak, but they were really not as important to character development as the dialogue which builds up the growing relationships between Jesse and Rose, Jesse and Suitcase, and Jesse's new female interest, Sidney.******** WARNING! Here may be spoilers! Read at your own risk! ******* There must be some unstated rule that Jesse will always be in conflict with the town council. While it demonstrates Jesse's desire to do the right thing, no matter what the cost, the conflict in this episode seems a bit contrived, but we do get to see Jesse push back, and it does tend to set up the forthcoming episode - where we hope, Jesse will prevail, once again.Obviously, there are lots of loose ends to tie up with Captain Healy and the motive for the non-stakeout stakeout that opened the show. While we know who shot Healy and that Jesse got him, we still do not know what the motivation was. Hopefully that will be cleared up in the next episode.I confess that the plot involving the kidnapped child was a bit weak, but Camryn Manheim gave the mother's character more depth and poignancy than might be expected. Her performance also gives substance to the conflict between Rose - who wants to open up the investigation - and Jesse - who is against it. Yet we see that Jesse's heart is in the right place as he allows Rose to investigate on her own time and even helps her. While the relationship between Rose and Jesse is not the same as that between Jesse and Molly, I think we can look forward to some deepening between the two in the next episodes - assuming Kathy Baker is willing to reprise her role. I hope she does. This plot line gave us a glimpse of both Jesse's and Rose's inner workings.I really appreciated the fleshing out of Jesse's relationship with Suitcase. Again the back and forth banter between the two signal a growing intimacy which was lacking in previous episodes. I look forward to how this relationship will develop. All in all, this was a satisfying new episode in this series. It bodes well of things to come!

redandgearhead@juno.com While I do agree with this being the least of the series, I enjoyed the episode. However, my wife (who would leave me for Tom if he asked, I'm not kidding) didn't like it.As an example of our tastes, I loved Clint Eastwoods "Unforgiven" because the distinction between bad and good wasn't clear. My wife did not like "Unforgiven" because the distinction between bad and good wasn't clear.I think the story line was needed or the series would have fallen way to far into a formula driven format. That's why I think it would destroy the series if it was a week to week show. This episode must set up at least one or two more stories.I look forward to them.