Jack (1996)
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17% of critics liked it
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57% of users liked it
(208,385 ratings)
In this film by director Francis Ford Coppola, Robin Williams stars as Jack, a boy who is growing normally, but at many times the normal rate. In a bizarre flashback, we see that he was born when his mother was only ten weeks pregnant. Kept out of school for years, the neighborhood children consider… More In this film by director Francis Ford Coppola, Robin Williams stars as Jack, a boy who is growing normally, but at many times the normal rate. In a bizarre flashback, we see that he was born when his mother was only ten weeks pregnant. Kept out of school for years, the neighborhood children consider him a freak, and generally avoid him. He is finally required to go to public school, and we catch up to him as he enters the fourth grade for the first time, a 10-year-old boy who appears to be a fully grown man in his 40s. His classmates tease him mercilessly until they begin to see the advantages of having him around. He must also have some grown-up feelings to go along with his grown-up body, because he asks his teacher out for a date. When she refuses him, he goes off into town and gets into adult-type trouble as he courts nightclub denizen Dolores Durante (Fran Drescher) over the objections of her boyfriend. Teacher Lawrence Woodruff (Bill Cosby) tries (with some success) to help Jack cope with his situation. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Directed By
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Genres
- Comedy, Kids & Family
- In Theaters
- Aug 9, 1996 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com
Barf.
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Clint Morris, Moviehole
Williams at his versatile best
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Michael A. Smith, Nolan's Pop Culture Review
Robin Williams is a big kid. Wow, what a stretch.
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James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette
High ickiness quotient in this weird dramedy
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Martin Scribbs, Low IQ Canadian
Coppola, of course, was abducted by aliens and replaced with a pod person in the middle of filming Godfather III.
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Cast
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Robin Williams
as Jack Powell
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Diane Lane
as Karen Powell
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Jennifer Lopez
as Miss Marquez
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Brian Kerwin
as PowellBrian
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Fran Drescher
as Dolores Durante
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Bill Cosby
as Lawrence Woodruff
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Don Novello
as Bartender
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Michael McKean
as Paulie
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Allan Rich
as Dr.Benfante
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Todd Bosley
as Edward
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Rickey D'Shon Collins
as Eric
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Hugo Hernandez
as Victor
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Jeremy Lelliott
as Johnny Duffer
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Seth Smith
as John-John
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Mario Yedidia
as George
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Adam Zolotin
as Lous Durante
- Dani Faith
- Jurnee Smollett
- Marc Coppola



