Jacob's Ladder

Unrated

11/22/20031h 53m

Premiere Release (US)

~ The most frightening thing about Jacob Singer's nightmare is that he isn't dreaming. ~

Overview:

After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie, and ex-wife, Sarah, try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer's chiropractor friend, Louis, fails to reach him as he descends into madness.

Director:

Adrian Lyne

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$25,000,000.00

Revenue:

$26,118,851.00

Key words:

vietnam veteran
new york city
post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
experiment
nightmare
subway
1970s
paranoia
hallucination
car bomb
grief
memory
chemist
demon
postal worker
figment of imagination
oneiric
chiropractor

Cast

Tim Robbins

~ as ~

Jacob

Elizabeth Peña

~ as ~

Jezzie

Danny Aiello

~ as ~

Louis

Matt Craven

~ as ~

Michael

Pruitt Taylor Vince

~ as ~

Paul

Jason Alexander

~ as ~

Geary

Patricia Kalember

~ as ~

Sarah

Eriq La Salle

~ as ~

Frank

Ving Rhames

~ as ~

George

Brian Tarantina

~ as ~

Doug

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Reviews (1)

GenerationofSwine
Written 2 year(s) ago
10
Trippy. No, you probably didn't read that right. I meant to write it in a way that sounded more like a stoner. Tripppy? Tttttrrrrrriiiippppppyyyyy, duuuude.

Something like that.

Anyway, I love Tim Robbins as an actor and you should take that statement into consideration when I say that this is one of his better films.

What I can say is that a doctor goes to Vietnam, and then leaves his wife, marries someone else becomes a Postal Employee, and that is about as much as I can honestly say without throwing the spoiler alert up.

It is one of those movies where everything you love about the plot would be a red flag on the spoiler radar... so watch it, enjoy it, you won't be disappointed. And you will see what I am talking about with the spoilers when you get there.