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Jack

Adam Zolotin, Bill Cosby, Brian Kerwin, Dani Faith, Diane Lane

Jack is Francis Coppola at his most pointless noodling, looking for the film he wants to make instead of just making it. Robin Williams stars as 10-year-old Jack, a boy with an inexplicable disease th...( read more  read more... )at ages him at four times the normal human rate. Kept at home like a contemporary Boo Radley, Jack becomes a neighborhood legend until his parents relent and send him to school. In time, the other kids befriend him and stay loyal as his hyperdevelopment puts a strain on his body and emotions. The idea is sound, but the execution is a bore. The best the script and Coppola can come up with are painfully long scenes in which Williams's character proves himself on the playground and in gross-out contests in a tree house. Coppola fishes around for signs of life and spontaneity in these scenes, but the film is actually best when Jack has to cope with certain feelings in his mature body (such as his attraction to a character played by Fran Drescher) that he isn't prepared for emotionally. Jack would have been a lot better if Coppola had embraced a plan from beginning to end and stuck to it. --Tom Keogh

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  • irisheyes686
    August 23, 2009
    irisheyes686
    This movie was cute, but sad.
  • crackingdanio
    April 29, 2008
    crackingdanio
    the only good thing about this film was diane lane, everyone else i wanted to beat with a frying pan for overacting, i'm looking at you jlo and robin
  • StaisilD
    March 27, 2008
    StaisilD
    "Jack" is a silly, genial and charming story about a "little" boy who ages four times faster than he should. It's a tragedy disguised as comedy. It has some comic elements but who couldn't admit the basic idea is rather sad.Williams really relieved the child inside of him. Bill C...( read more)osby is also splendid as Jack's sympathetic teacher Woodruff. For the sake of comparison I might mention that Penny Marshall's "Big" starring Tom Hanks is an outstanding, heart-warming classic and I've seen it many, many, many times but it's hard to get tired of a movie that's simply so enjoyable and entertaining. It gets a bit depressing at times and you can't help but feel sorry for Jack towards the end but all in all this is a fine movie about how cruel life can be to those with congenital problems.
  • QueenCityFilms
    March 7, 2008
    QueenCityFilms
    this is not a Coppola movie...right? This was all just an illusion
  • Chiefilms
    March 3, 2008
    Chiefilms
    Coppola baby, classic shit.
  • bluefire501
    December 23, 2009
    bluefire501
    a funny tear jeaker...robin willams always great
  • ZakaryasX
    December 20, 2009
    ZakaryasX
    PRETTY FUNNY FAMILY COMEDY
  • haldir4ever
    December 12, 2009
    haldir4ever
    i loved this movie soo sad and good acting some parts were funny
  • renzinacrotty
    December 7, 2009
    renzinacrotty
    nyari film ini lagi...susah di dapetnya...
  • oscarin9303
    November 26, 2009
    oscarin9303
    I love this movie because even when he is older than his friends physically he still try to be normal
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