2 Jacks
Breaking Glass Pictures | Release Date: October 18, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
6
Negative:
4
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RogerEbert.comDan CallahanOct 18, 2013
Two Jacks is finally more of a curiosity than a viable dramatic event, but its bringing together of Danny and Jack Huston in a pair of tales related to their filmic legacy makes it a pungent if small addition to the legend of the Huston family. Read full review
60
The New York TimesStephen HoldenOct 17, 2013
Written and directed by Bernard Rose (“Immortal Beloved”), 2 Jacks has a pleasing circular structure, and it doesn’t push the parallels between old and new Hollywood to absurd limits. Read full review
60
The DissolveNoel MurrayOct 16, 2013
The movie as a whole has an immediacy that’s appealing even in its weaker second half. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckOct 21, 2013
Ultimately, it’s little more than a trifle that’s enlivened by the older Huston’s inevitably referential performance. Read full review
50
New York PostLou LumenickOct 17, 2013
Danny Huston looks and sounds like his celebrated father, John, more and more each year, so I enjoyed watching him play a flamboyant and womanizing legendary director not unlike his old man in Bernard Rose’s modest little comedy. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesAnnlee EllingsonOct 17, 2013
Inconsistencies cause more confusion than the magic Rose is presumably going for. Read full review
40
Village VoiceInkoo KangOct 15, 2013
False gravity weighs down 2 Jacks, a father-son drama less interested in exploring familial relations than in tut-tutting the millennials. Read full review
30
VarietyGeoff BerkshireOct 21, 2013
Slack narrative and abysmal dialogue render the vague generational satire meaningless to anyone unfamiliar with Tolstoy’s work (and depressing to those in the know). Read full review
30
Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghOct 17, 2013
If there’s any social commentary being made here, it doesn’t come through in performances so wooden you can’t tell if the actors are that bad or the characters that vapid. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanOct 17, 2013
Shabby on the surface and indulgent at its core. Read full review
0
Slant MagazineTina HassanniaOct 16, 2013
The embarrassingly low production value of Bernard Rose's 2 Jacks works symbiotically with the film's botched performances. Read full review
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