Jack the Bear

Jack the Bear (1993)

  • 29% of critics liked it
    (17 reviews)

  • 54% of users liked it
    (4,583 ratings)

Marshall Herskovitz directed this tearjerking schizophrenic combination of The Wonder Years and To Kill a Mockingbird. It is 1972, and John Leary (Danny De Vito) and his two sons Jack (Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.) and Dylan (Miko Hughes) have just moved to Oakland, California. John is a television… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 38 min.
Directed By
Marshall Herskovitz
Written By
Steven Zaillian, Steven Zallian
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Comedy
In Theaters
Apr 2, 1993 Wide
On DVD
Dec 14, 2004
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    Danny DeVito gives the most compelling performance of his career in a gripping drama about a single parent and his two sons.

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  • Film C


    what a terrible film now danny devito is brilliant and its a pretty decent filkm if it was just kept to having a dad who clearly is dipresses becuase of the loss of his wife so he turns to drink so the elder brother then fills as though hes got a lot o his shoulders as he has to… More

  • Leo L


    Great movie! Love the music in this film!

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