‘The Seven Faces of Jane’ Review: Anthology Film Reveals Many Faces of Gillian Jacobs, to Little Avail

The Roman Coppola–produced project lacks the variation and surprise that the exquisite-corpse format so often offers

The Seven Faces of Jane
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“Everyone struggles to find a version of themselves that they like,” so says Jane, as played by Gillian Jacobs, in the new, spellbinding exquisite-corpse film “The Seven Faces of Jane.” She’s talking to a young teenage girl who’s run away on her quinceañera, but she’s talking to herself too.

Jane has something of an identity crisis, or rather, one that’s been created for her. A single mother with time to spare while her daughter is away at camp, Jane sets off on an adventure, or several of them, actually. What follows are seven different stories by different directors, none of whom know what the others are doing.

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