Jack (1996)
Because of an unusual aging disorder that has aged him four times faster than a normal human being, a boy enters the fifth grade for the first time with the appearance of a 40 year old man. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Francis Ford Coppola
Written By: James DeMonaco, Gary Nadeau
Starring: Robin Williams, Michael McKean, Diane Lane, Bill Cosby, Jennifer Lopez, Fran Drescher, Brian Kerwin, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Todd Bosley, Adam Zolotin
Country: USA
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Jack belongs to 9 collections
1. #1 at the US Box Office (collaborative: moderated by BeeDub - 10 stars)
2. Disney+ (collaborative: moderated by saudade - 5 stars)
3. Nostalgia Critic Episodes (collaborative: moderated by KirkJiggler - 4 stars)
4. Siskel and Ebert Worst (public: donkeyjelly - 3 stars)
5. Movies with acting musicians (collaborative: moderated by comepelicula - 2 stars)
6. 1996 Wide-released movies (collaborative: moderated by Roman_Herbom)
7. Eric's Bad Movies (public: BeeDub)
8. Forrest Watch List (public: ForrestQ)
9. Hollywood Saloon: Never Happened (public: BeeDub)
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Ytadel | 1 5th |
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Francis Ford Coppola's masterful followup to The Godfather saga.
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Boobjuice | 17 15th |
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More sentimental dreck oozing out of Robin Williams' hairy nether-regions. The only cool thing about this movie was that Jack bought beer and porno for kids that were like 10 years old.
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BeeDub | 72 22nd |
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A comedy about a dying boy. Bring the kids!
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Judge Holden | 1 4th |
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I'm trying to think of something really snarky to say about Jack but I'm finding my sarcasm crushed under the weight of just how inconceivably awful this is.
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Paxton | 31 4th |
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Recommended. Wait, I mean the reviews on this site are recommended. Possibly the highest comedy output on here for one film. Well done, everyone.
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Magb | 35 8th |
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I literally burst into laughter when I, having just finished watching this film, looked it up on IMDb and saw that Francis Ford Coppola directed it. How the hell do you go from directing the Godfather movies, The Conversation and Apocalypse Now to making a formulaic, Hollywood-riffic, stunningly mediocre kids movie with Robin Williams? Not to mention that the same basic concept was already done reasonably well in Big, so it doesn't even score novelty points.
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eveelun | 55 14th |
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Did we really need another movie where Robin Williams plays an overgrown child? Hasn't that gap been filled, nay overstuffed, already? Who's bright idea was this? Oh, the director of the Godfather and Apocalypse Now? The horror, the horror.
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jimmynmu | 34 20th |
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lol Coppola
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BillyShears | 60 34th |
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I watched a snail crawl along the edge of a straight razor. That's my dream; that's my nightmare. Crawling, slithering, along the edge of a straight razor... and surviving.
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Gnalkhere | 40 6th |
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In 2012 when I was just turning 17 I decided to hijack the Parent's Guide section of this film's IMDb page and wrote the following: "Jack goes to a bar and has a few shots of alcohol. It's a minor getting drunk, but it's okay because he looks like Robin Williams". I check it every so often and it's still there. This is my legacy. If I die, keep it going.
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CCLZA | 35 8th |
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I'm still trying to believe that Coppola didn't make this, somehow I know it was his grand son. I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THIS.
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Sockman | 4 2nd |
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The guy that made this movie also made THE GODFATHER. What the christ.
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Pickpocket | 6 55th |
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why do i like this movie?
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Booster | 40 16th |
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Coppola? Hello? Coppola?
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Stain | 35 20th |
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A Francis Ford Coppola movie with Robin Williams, Bill Cosby, and fart jokes. You just wanna puke
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hellboy76 | 47 14th |
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Haunting, terrifying and silly. This is perhaps one of the creepiest movie ideas ever. Bonus points for whoever had the balls to greenlight this.
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Josh Forrest | 10 5th |
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The horror... the horror...
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doctor7 | 40 24th |
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A few funny gags here and there, a decent performance from Robin Williams, complete and utter mediocrity from everything else? Sums this one up pretty nicely.
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AgentSnipe | 40 4th |
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This movie is quite strange. It's supposed to be about a boy who is 10 years old and looks like he's 40. However, I feel like Jack and the other boys in this film act younger than 10. Plus, Robin Williams seems like he's just being the goofy Robin Williams we've always known, so it's hard getting into the movie.
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Filligan | 11 1st |
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I saw this a loooong time ago and probably don't remember enough to rate it justifiably, but it's not like I'm watchin' it again!
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adrianavb | 59 51st |
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This movie is so funny, or really sad. I don't know.
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Alex Watkins | 2 15th |
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Why, Francis? Why?
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TedDedon | 66 35th |
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Jack is a cute comedy starring Robin Williams that is enjoyable from start to finish. I'd recommend it to anyone.
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nilkynarfy | 20 13th |
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Apocalypse Now really was just a fluke.
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Mentaculus | 32 9th |
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At least the humor is (somewhat) less toxic than Patch Adams. Inspiring cynicism about postmodern cinema everyday, it signaled the continued exile of the great Francis Ford Coppola to California vineyards to this day. Yes, it's that bad.
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Shmendrek | 1 10th |
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Junk. FFC directed this. Ugh. I feel dirty.
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Icarus | 10 0th |
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This movie needs to go the way of Fredo.
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Luna6ix | 84 86th |
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Anybody who hates this movie, and there seems to be a lot of them, refuses to acknowledge their own inner child.
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SpookyMask | 45 10th |
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Want to see a depressing movie? You found it.
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| 1 | hedphurst | 35 19th |
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Every parent's nightmare - your kid grows so fast, he's got a furry 45-year old Robin Williams body by the time he's 12. Then he's dead by the time he's whatever age he died at in the movie. I don't remember, because I don't care.
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begoniabol | 40 38th |
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It's not that bad. Fart in a can. But what? Francis Ford Coppola is the director? o.O
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omgfridge | 1 8th |
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Copplolololololol.
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SirStuckey | 45 18th |
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This film was made way too soon. They could have waited and put Will Ferrell in the ultimate (and literal) man-child role.
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britneeee | 70 44th |
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If you think this isn't the saddest movie all time, then you can get right out of my face with that.
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Mistakes | 34 6th |
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Mistakes - 1) When Jack is begging his dad to let him stay in school, one of the double doors is closed and the other is open. You can see the reflection of someone moving in the door handle of the closed door. 2) On Jack's first day of school in the playground the top button of his blue plaid shirt is buttoned in some scenes and unbuttoned in others.
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glumpy_99 | 68 31st |
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At this point, I score any “new” Williams film I catch up with at least 10 points too high – enjoyable enough, with Williams’ guileless and credible performance steering the film through potentially fraught material, and assist from an impressive ensemble (especially Lopez) doesn't hurt. A shame that the intriguing premise is squandered for sitcom-level laughs and it is staggering to consider the plastic, Garry Marshall-lite direction is from the same hand that gave us APOCALYPSE NOW!
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afx237vi | 15 3rd |
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You know that urban myth about Paul McCartney dying and the Beatles replacing him with a lookalike who mimed all of Paul's parts? I have a theory that the same thing happened to Francis Ford Coppola some time after the release of Apocalypse Now. The only difference is that you can't mime making a movie. This is terrible. You expect Robin Williams to be annoying at all times, but here it's off the scale. The ending is one of the most nauseatingly saccharine things I've ever seen.
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CMonster | 35 15th |
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This disease actually exists. It's called progeria. I happens due to a mutation in the protein Lamin A which causes a problem between the lamina (reason its easy to remember Lamin A) of the nucleus in the cell and the genetic material. However, instead just become full grown adults at a young age, the shrivel up and die usually around the ages of 8-10. http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg223/scaled.php?server=223&filename=themoreyouknow.jpg&res=medium
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| Average Percentile 26.83% from 2835 Ratings |  |