Jack

  • Comedy
  • Family
  • Drama
8/9/1996
113
PG-13

He's a healthy ten year old who's growing four times faster than normal. Now he's about to take off on the biggest adventure of his life... 5th grade.

Born with a rare condition that makes him age four times faster than normal, ten-year-old Jack Powell looks like a forty-year-old man. After years of homeschooling, he enters public school for the first time, eager to make friends and live like any other kid—only to discover that growing up too fast means learning some of life’s hardest lessons early.

Revenue:
$58,620,973
Budget:
$45,000,000

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  • Wuchak

    Robin Williams as a 10 year-old; great cast, but needed a rewrite

    The Powells in Oakland have a premature baby, whom they name Jack (Robin Williams). The problem is that Jack grows at four times the normal rate and so when he finally is allowed to enter 5th grade at the age of 10 he looks like a 40 year-old man. Diane Lane plays his mother, Bill Cosby his tutor, Jennifer Lopez his teacher and Fran Drescher a single mother whos attracted to him.

    Jack (1996) takes the basic topic of Big (1988) and mixes it with the awkwardness of Milk Money (1994). It tries to be a serious drama, a slapstick comedy and a profound tragedy, which is tonally bewildering. Nevertheless, it wouldve been more successful if they worked out the kinks in t...

    March 24, 2021

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