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Jack

starring: Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Brian Kerwin, Jennifer Lopez, Bill Cosby
directed by: Francis Ford Coppola

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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WILLIAMS,ROBIN
EAN: 0786936209730
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 03, 2004
Running Time: 113 minutes
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: August 09, 1996
Sales Rank: 9473
MPN: 786936209730




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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
A ten-year-old has a unique condition: his body ages four times as fast as normal, but still he experiences all of the ups and downs of a fifth-grader's life.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 2-AUG-2005
Media Type: DVD

Amazon.com:
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 that 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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Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Diane Lane & Jennifer Lopez can only do so much
One gloomy night in August, Brain Powell and Karen Powell (Brain Kerwin and Diane Lane) decided they would like to be parents. Two months later at a Halloween party Karen realized that the baby was ready to get out after only two months. Had the baby ripped out Aliens-style, this movie would have no doubt been better; however, it wasn't meant to be. Nonetheless, the Halloween-spawn came forth as Karen delivered what essentially turned out to be the Wolfman.

It turns out that Karen delivered her baby, Jack (Robin Williams), seven months early because he's aging at four-times the rate of a normal human. What was left out of the explanation, however, was that along with the quadrupled growth rate, Jack had hair growth at roughly 25 times the normal rate. That's the only explanation ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Heart Warming family movie
Great DVD. Amazon delivered this dvd on time (Before the expected date), in great condition and kept me posted from the time it left them, to the time it was put into my Mailbox. Highly recomend, and definatly will be shopping with Amazon agan.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Robin Williams #1
This is another great Williams movie. Could not find in anywhere, except for Amazon. Delivery was fast - as always. Came in great condition too. Been shopping with Amazon for awhile and will continue. They make it easy and fun.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - JACK
This movie has been a long time coming, it has bought joy to my family members and was a lovely gift idea, i would recommend it, its a great watch



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Another Excellent Williams Movie!
If you liked Patch Adams you'll like Jack! Excellent emotional, heart-warming, you'll feel sad movie. Story of a child (Jack) with a disease that makes him age about 3 years to 1; so at 10 he looks and internally is 30. It follows his life and all the positives (created by his family) and negatives created by others, he must face. 10 hankie movie.


 


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