This movie breathes fresh life in the found-footage genre with some spazzy photography and creative cuts. It builds suspense beautifully - and keeps it there, so that you find yourself holding your breath for more than half the film! It takes a departure from clichéd jumpscares and other horror movie tropes and uses a formula that's not generic so that the final result leaves you unnerved and conscious of the silence of the night. The TRUE objective of a seasoned horror-addict, not those loud BOOs that give you a temporary adrenaline rush.The backstory is a bit weak, and character development lacking. A couple, Scott and Penny, take off from their city life to make a nature documentary. 'Don't you ever feel like leaving it all behind and running to nature?' Scott asks in the beginning, or something of the sort. No, we don't. Scott realizes pretty soon (in the first 5 minutes) that he doesn't either. And not a minute too soon. His exposure to the wilderness leads him and Penny straight to the door of Mr. Jones.Called Mr. Jones by (fans?), this is a guy in a mask and a cape living in isolation and leaving bits of what this movie's characters seem to consider 'art'. Yeah, nobody would consider that art, unless it came with references from an art college, an agent and a 20 dollar entrance fee.Penny is enchanted with what can only be described as creepy tribal tribute effigies, and so they instead make a documentary about Mr. Jones. This is when it gets scary (again, not a moment too soon).While the backstory doesn't hold up too well, my main issue with this movie is in two things: the switching front-to-back camera, and the ending. Other camera-work is simply riveting, but I don't know whose idea it was to turn found-footage into found-footage + cameraman's face. The face shots of a scared Scott lend little or nothing at all of value to the movie.Lastly, yes, the ending. It makes everything (all the nightmares) go away. That sort of dulls the horror. I was disappointed to know that Penny had been right all along and Mr Jones really WAS trying to protect them. It would have been so much fun instead if he was evil and they slowly lose their minds between dream and reality. But that's just my opinion.Definitely worth your time, if only for the scares that really work.

"Wow, let's make a shaky-cam "found footage" horror movie! Yeah, it's been done but hey, here's a great idea , we'll cross the scary stuff with an art backstory to explain all the woodsy scarecrow sculptures made of twigs, roadkill, and old mason jars!We'll throw in some supernatural explanation and kill at the box office!"One suspects this imaginary dialog was pretty much what the director of "Mr. Jones" used to get some funding. Since "Blair Witch 2" was already taken, the title pretty much sums up the mysterious artist who's using some remote location to set up a one-man show that will keep the real world safe from the dream world. Or something.Into the sylvan setting come two carefree artists who have given up everything for a year's navel-gazing and creative freedom. Things don't pan out as planned and within weeks they are quarreling over all the art-making that's not getting done. Suddenly, our intrepid couple discovers they have found the mysterious "Mr. Jones", an iconic artist and legend whose work induces evil dreams and whatnot. Shazam, creative blockage is suddenly gone and the two main characters invade Mr. Jones' home and studio, filming and snapping pictures with wild abandon and no permission. Mr. Jones makes fetish scarecrows out of twigs, old silverware, roadkill, and mason jars. He's the progeny of the original Blair Witch and her brief fling with Leatherface, so twigs and roadkill are in his blood. We get a short respite from the spooky things that break twigs in the night, as the male film auteur leaves his photographer wife alone in the woods to go to NYC and interview experts who know all about Mr. Jones! Their filmed interviews act as a sort of haughty collection of NYC art mavens that flesh out the information we need about Mr. Jones.Meanwhile, back in the woods, the photo taker wife (or girlfriend, we're never told which) has gotten too close to Mr. Jones and his work. She knows better than to mess with him but still goes along with breaking and entering his workplace so the film guy can huff and puff in an underground maze, eventually stealing a Baby Jesus-sort of infant thing with candles for eyes. Uh-oh, now he's upset the balance between the real and dream worlds. The artsy couple is now trapped in a nightmare that features screaming, pounding on the doors, lots of blue lights, a group of somethings wearing hoodies and a small army of Courtney Love lookalikes. Something something something happens and it's all over. All this is filmed in shaky closeups, a la "Blair Witch" but without the runny nose business. We see the two main characters in extreme closeups for 50% of the movie. Endless jump cuts and camera angles that no one could possibly take of themselves. Although we are not actually told this is found footage, the implication is there. There's an interesting idea buried in all the pretension on display, but the director hasn't a clue how to use it well. The ending is...well, see for yourself. The scariest thing in this tale of terror and art is the bitter old NYC gallery owner who tells the interviewer he can get "seven figures" for any of Mr. Jones' work. I thought the theft of the baby fetish was gonna bring some cash for the two main characters, but alas, it did not. Art is cruel.

Summary: Mr. Jones is definitely one of the worst found-footage films I've ever seen. 10/100 (F+)I don't want to waste more of my time reviewing this "movie", so I'll go straight to the point. The first minutes of Mr. Jones are quite well done and the main leads are likable. Unfortunately, it falls flat after the second half because it becomes very confusing, the whole plot is difficult to follow, the film turns out dull and uninteresting. This is one of the worst found-footage films I have seen, and I have seen a lot. Seriously, the last 30 minutes are a torture but I gave it a chance because I love found-footage movies, I saw it until the end credits. Sadly I didn't find a payoff.Mr. Jones (the dude, not the film) is terrifying, he is creepy and in some scenes he gave me the creeps, but the worst thing about this flick is how that is the best thing about it. Another issue is that the characters became atrociously stupid in the second half and they started to make brainless decisions. I just read the plot line on IMDb, it's so freaking awesome!, maybe with another director it would have been great. Moving on, the final act is very strange, these dumb characters begin to hallucinate, then they leave the found-footage style and after several minutes of boredom, it finally ends.Mr. Jones ends up being confusing, boring and a disappointment. There are only a couple scenes that I liked, but they don't make any sense. One of these scenes is when the guy goes down to a weird place underground and he finds a dead baby. Anyway, Mr. Jones had potential but it was so boring, tedious and it lacks of character development. I really like the camera work but the characters are dumb and the plot is confusingly strange. In conclusion, Mr. Jones has a few scary moments and good acting, however the film wastes its creepy villain in a confusing, uninteresting tale. (F+)

This movie is really thought through and the details are to perfection! - but you have to get it just right, and I think I did. Its all filmed by handhold camera and they did a great job! In the beginning we meet Scott and Penny, a happy young couple there just sold their apartment and moved away from family and friends, because Scott wanted to make a documentary about nature. They gambled it all and moved into a forest far away from civilization. Scotts interest is lost fast and this create troubles in their relationship.One day they run into Mr. Jones, a gateway keeper who keeps nightmares out of our world. He do this with these creepy "totems", he places around the woods, they make some sort of force. They will now make a movie about Mr. Jones and his art, because he is known as a mysterious artist and such a movie could bring in a load of money! .... Scott and Penny disturbs Mr. Jones force and now they will fight the consequences.You have to listen carefully when you see the interviews Scott do. This movie is a masterpiece and the "totems" are beautiful!