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Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt

  • TV Movie
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 30m
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7.1/10
4.4K
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Tom Selleck in Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012)
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Jesse Stone comes out of involuntary retirement after the new chief who replaced him was blown up, along with another officer in their police car. Jesse is forced to solve the crime on his o... Read allJesse Stone comes out of involuntary retirement after the new chief who replaced him was blown up, along with another officer in their police car. Jesse is forced to solve the crime on his own since all the other officers have quit.Jesse Stone comes out of involuntary retirement after the new chief who replaced him was blown up, along with another officer in their police car. Jesse is forced to solve the crime on his own since all the other officers have quit.

  • Director
    • Robert Harmon
  • Writers
    • Robert B. Parker
    • Tom Selleck
    • Michael Brandman
  • Stars
    • Tom Selleck
    • Kathy Baker
    • Kohl Sudduth
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    4.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Robert Harmon
    • Writers
      • Robert B. Parker
      • Tom Selleck
      • Michael Brandman
    • Stars
      • Tom Selleck
      • Kathy Baker
      • Kohl Sudduth
    • 30User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations total

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    Tom Selleck
    Tom Selleck
    • Jesse Stone
    Kathy Baker
    Kathy Baker
    • Rose Gammon
    Kohl Sudduth
    Kohl Sudduth
    • Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson
    Gloria Reuben
    Gloria Reuben
    • Thelma Gleffey
    Stephen McHattie
    Stephen McHattie
    • Captain Healy
    William Sadler
    William Sadler
    • Gino Fish
    Robert Carradine
    Robert Carradine
    • Arthur Gallery
    Jeremy Akerman
    • Councilman Carter Hanson
    Christine Tizzard
    Christine Tizzard
    • Amanda
    Jeff Geddis
    Jeff Geddis
    • William Butler
    Vito Rezza
    Vito Rezza
    • Anthony D'Angelo
    Saul Rubinek
    Saul Rubinek
    • Hasty Hathaway
    William Devane
    William Devane
    • Dr. Dix
    John Beale
    • Doc Perkins
    Brian Heighton
    • Stan
    John Maclaren
    John Maclaren
    • Jim Gammon
    Christopher Killam
    • Steven
    Sheena Larkin
    Sheena Larkin
    • Rose's Mom
    • Director
      • Robert Harmon
    • Writers
      • Robert B. Parker
      • Tom Selleck
      • Michael Brandman
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    10Homersmsm1

    Jesse's a flawed character

    The latest Jesse Stone installment, Benefit of the Doubt, is yet another reminder that Jesse is a flawed character. Tom Selleck does such a great job with this character you find yourself justifying these flaws and rooting for him to overcome and serve justice at the same time. Robert B. Parker's vision for Jesse to continue to be flawed has remained intact even after the scripts wandered away from Parker's story line. The supporting cast, Kathy Baker, Kohl Sudduth, Stephen McHattie, William Sadler, Saul Rubinek, and William Devane all return to Paradise to as well. Great acting by Selleck, good writing, and the talented supporting cast preserve Parker's vision for Jesse Stone and hopefully give it life for yet another CBS movie.
    7blanche-2

    Jesse is back and Paradise has got him

    When two police officers are blown up in a police car while investigating a fire, Jesse Stone is brought back as the Chief of Police. The town council fired him; they now re-hire him, as one of the men on the council's son-in-law was one of the cops.

    Jesse breaks into his old office, where there is no staff and no action. He calls Rose (Kathy Baker) who is staying with her mother; she says she'll think about it. Suitcase decides to stay away as well.

    Jesse works to sort through what little he has: money in the trunk of the police car is but one. He speaks with his various sources: his analyst (William Devane), a Massachusetts State Patrol Captain (Stephen McHattie) a Mob kingpin (William Sandler), and the felonious Hasty (Saul Rubinek), now out of prison.

    Were the cops dirty? Who made the call to bring them to the site? Can Jesse keep from drinking his way through the case? Will Rose and Suitcase ever return?

    Somehow these characters grow on one. I still think Selleck is too one-note and depressed, though this script had a little humor in it. Still, people enjoy the show, and that's what counts.
    8lvbastin

    Not the Best Jesse Stone but Well Worth Watching

    Not having been a Magnum PI fan, I've not watched many Tom Selleck movies other than his westerns. But one night after watching "Quigley Down Under" for the sixth or seventh time, I decided to watch one of the Jesse Stone series on Net Flix. This series is very engaging and once I started watching them I had to see them all and I even bought the DVDs. This most recent "Without a Doubt" is not one of the better ones. All of the flaws have been pointed out: believability -- where is the rest of the police force; incongruity of the plot; and his love life has definitely taken a dive. At least he has finally gotten rid of the ex-wife thing which made him seem pretty pathetic after the first 3 or 4 movies. Jesse is the classic brooding bad boy and Tom Selleck plays the role really well. His womanizing and his drinking are part of his charm, after all he is up front with all of the women he makes love to. Tom does need to lighten up on the hair color (better than in Bluebloods where he looks like he's been made up by a mortician). He is one of those men that has gotten more masculine and attractive as he has matured. I think the movie dialog is very similar to that in the books, but Jesse at times is too brooding and intense. Anyone who has his success with women should have a smile on his face once in a while. As a female fan, I'd wouldn't mind seeing how Jesse looks without his shirt on. This is a good series and I hope we have many more Jesse Stone movies to come.
    6bkoganbing

    In grisly fashion

    This latest in the Jesse Stone series contains little suspense as the only new character introduced in the anthology turns out to be the perpetrator or at least one of them. Part of the problem is that you really would have to see the previous film to get into what is going on here.

    In that previous film Tom Selleck who steps on a lot of toes in the small ocean town of Paradise, Massachusetts got fired as police chief and the snot nose son-in-law of one of the town councilmembers took his job. Well in this episode the new chief and another officer are killed in a most grisly fashion, a bomb thrown under their police car blows them up. You'd think it was Afghanistan.

    In fact Selleck who is brought back as chief thinks it's not terrorism and so does Stephen McHattie from the Massachusetts State Police homicide squad. They think it's local and personal and it turns out it is.

    One problem Selleck does have is that he IS the Paradise police because the others quit when he left and the two deceased were the previous force. He could have used a little help, but Kathy Baker and Kohl Sudduth just aren't ready to return.

    These two hour Jesse Stone movies give Tom Selleck a chance to get into his deeply flawed alcoholic character. The enforced idleness in his absence as chief have put a lot of temptation to return to his drinking ways.

    Fans of the series and of Selleck should like this film.
    7headhunter46

    Another well acted episode. No major plot give aways here, just the basics.

    I like the pace of Jesse Stone TV movies. They are too slow for some folks, but the pauses give the discriminating viewer time to guess at what Jesse is turning over in his head. I thoroughly enjoy the banter between him and his psychologist friend and Capt Healey. As a man who survived all the banter that accompanies time in the military, I actually get a kick out of hearing the dialogue.

    Jesse is rehired as chief after some police are killed in a car bomb. He is caught between not liking one of the dead and wanting justice even if it proves the dead cop was innocent of a crime.

    There is some touching of old friendships and a few surprises. We get a small hint of something to come but it is hard to actually piece all of what we see together and know how it will play out.

    I enjoyed it very much, hope you will too.

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    • Trivia
      A couple of times Jesse Stone says that he knew he'd get his job back, not getting it back was out of the question as "fate wouldn't do that to me". The same quote is in the first episode of Magnum PI, when Selleck's character (Thomas Magnum) said he knew he'll be able to break into Robyn Masters' Ferrari and therefore get to live in the guest house and use the Ferrari. Not breaking into the Ferrari was out of the question as "fate wouldn't do that to me". Tom Selleck was co-writer of "Benefit of the Doubt" and probably liked that quote from his Magnum character 32 years earlier.
    • Goofs
      When Officer D'Angelo is driving Chief Butler, before the explosion, you can briefly see a 70 mph speed limit sign. There are no posted 70 mph speed limits on Massachussetts rural roads. It's a Canadian 70 kilometer per hour (43.50 mph) sign.
    • Quotes

      Jesse Stone: Hello, Gino.

      Gino Fish: Oh, I see your PPD hat has found its way back onto your head.

    • Connections
      Features The Last Hurrah (1958)
    • Soundtracks
      Klavierstücke Op. 118 No. 2
      (1893) (uncredited)

      Written by Johannes Brahms

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    • Release date
      • May 20, 2012 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Jesse Stone: Benefit of The Doubt
    • Filming locations
      • Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Brandman Productions
      • TWS Productions II
      • Sony Pictures Television
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 30m(90 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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