BlueMoonAcrossThePond
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Just finished watching all 9 Jesse Stone movies.
Tom Selleck stars as an out-of-sorts police chief, divorced, and with a drinking problem, fired from the Los Angeles Police Department and consequently seeking work in a much smaller town - Paradise, Massachusetts - population roughly 5,000.
The 9 Jesse Stone movies are all about 90 min each - and are made-for-TV episodes. As a result, the movies are very close to a traditional streaming series consisting of 9 episodes. Each subsequent movie is faithful to past episodes and should thus be viewed in order for maximum enjoyment. I recommend this order for viewing:
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Acting is engaging but not outstanding - you'll find no sublime performances. But, the acting is entirely believable - no actor is asked to perform outside of his or her boundaries. And the writing and plot for each episode are very good.
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I highly recommend the Jesse Stone series of movies for those who enjoy crime drama - the downside is that you'll probably need to purchase/rent most of the movies - on Amazon Prime, the "Stone Cold" movie was free - but every other movie was not.
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Overall rating: 8.5/10
Tom Selleck stars as an out-of-sorts police chief, divorced, and with a drinking problem, fired from the Los Angeles Police Department and consequently seeking work in a much smaller town - Paradise, Massachusetts - population roughly 5,000.
The 9 Jesse Stone movies are all about 90 min each - and are made-for-TV episodes. As a result, the movies are very close to a traditional streaming series consisting of 9 episodes. Each subsequent movie is faithful to past episodes and should thus be viewed in order for maximum enjoyment. I recommend this order for viewing:
- Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006)
- Jesse Stone: Stone Cold (2005)
- Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006)
- Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007)
- Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009)
- Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010)
- Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (2011)
- Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012)
- Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (2015)
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Acting is engaging but not outstanding - you'll find no sublime performances. But, the acting is entirely believable - no actor is asked to perform outside of his or her boundaries. And the writing and plot for each episode are very good.
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I highly recommend the Jesse Stone series of movies for those who enjoy crime drama - the downside is that you'll probably need to purchase/rent most of the movies - on Amazon Prime, the "Stone Cold" movie was free - but every other movie was not.
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Overall rating: 8.5/10
