 A writer of The New York Times described the singer 's look in the video as " bold " . Lauren Cochrane from The Guardian also focused on the singer 's look praising the attire she wore as " perfectly acceptable as dinner party " and praising her for wearing the corset with aplomb . An editor of Billboard felt that she " gets sexy " in the song 's visual . A writer of the website Fuse praised the concept of the video , noting that " instead of crying into the steak she just made for her date , she puts on a leather trench coat and hits the town . Ultimately , she wins . " Dan DeLuca of the Philadelphia Media Network noted that the video gave an opportunity to the singer to showcase her " dark side " . Writing on behalf of Vanity Fair , Michelle Collins felt that the set was " <unk> " , similar to a set as in the film Sliding Doors ( 1998 ) . She further found several of the scenes to accompany the song 's lyrics and story . Melissa Locker from Time magazine wrote in her review that the video follows the steps of " Partition " while also being a " natural precursor to ' Irreplaceable , ' at least in our imagination " . Michael Zelenko from The Fader wrote that it served as a follow @-@ up to " Partition " noting that in " Jealous " , " Bey 's lingering needs are transformed into a burning suspicion of infidelity " . 
