Jack
Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: August 9, 1996 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
31
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
7
Negative:
6
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75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
This feel-good motion picture is intelligently written and expertly directed. Read full review
60
The New York TimesVincent Canby
Within the limits and cliches of utterly predictable material, Mr. Coppola is still finally able to make this one from the heart. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
it's a synthetic, rather drab movie, one that seems linked less to experience, or even to fantasy, than to other movies - "Big," of course, and also "E.T.," "Mask," and "Phenomenon." Read full review
50
San Francisco ExaminerWalter Addiego
Francis Ford Coppola's Jack has its affecting moments, but in the end illustrates the pitfalls of the "concept" movie, the kind you can boil down to a one-line hook. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Francis Ford Coppola falls down and goes boom with this depressing, ill-conceived comedy. Read full review
50
Washington PostDesson Howe
It sits in a rather unspectacular niche between modern fairy tale and a disease-of-the-week TV movie. Read full review
40
EmpireCaroline Westbrook
The formula for Robin Williams' childish stick wares dangerously thin this time out. Read full review
40
Washington PostHal Hinson
When a master dedicates his genius to the production of schmaltz, it's not a pretty sight. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
[Robin Williams] has been ill-served by a screenplay that isn't curious about what his life would really be like. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Jack is more depressing than the weight of its demerits because of the quality of the work both these men have done before. Read full review
30
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Blandness and lack of daring characterize nearly every minute of the very long two hours, which are marked by a high degree of professionalism at the service of little content. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Jack is a warm, heartfelt disaster that shows that life is fleeting but movies can be very long indeed. Read full review
20
TimeRichard Schickel
One is left wondering why Williams has granted early retirement to his inner anarchist, what dark need compels a great clown to become a sad, fuzzy one in movies only Bob Dole - faking it -could love. Read full review
0
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
A listless family comedy and bland morality primer. Read full review
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