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The Ballad of Jack and Rose

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Jack Slavin (Daniel Day-Lewis) is an environmentalist with a heart condition who lives with his daughter, Rose (Camilla Belle), on an isolated island. While Jack fights against developers who wish to build in the area, he also craves more contact with other people. When he invites his girlfriend, Kathleen (Catherine Keener), and her sons, Rodney (Ryan McDonald) and Thaddius (Paul Dano), to move in, Rose is upset. The complicated family dynamics makes things difficult for everyone in the house.

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Heavy on the symbolism and overly contrived.

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Peter Aspden Financial Times So we have the Oscar-winning poet laureate's son wasting his and our time in a flower-power-hangover movie that might have been made 25 years ago, though better, by Hal Ashby. Rated: 2/5 Oct 7, 2018 Full Review Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader Doesn't succeed in everything it sets out to do, but as a statement about the death rattle of 60s counterculture it's thoughtful and affecting. Feb 8, 2010 Full Review David Ansen Newsweek Belle uses her blank, doll-like beauty to unnerving effect: she has the vulnerability--and the amorality--of an unbroken colt. Keener, who usually plays brittle, angry urban women, has never been so touching. Nov 1, 2007 Full Review Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed A sad tale of isolation and love. Apr 29, 2009 Full Review Brandon Fibbs BrandonFibbs.com The Ballad of Jack and Rose, like the community it elucidates, is not perfect. Like the people who try so desperately to make the most of the world in which they live, it is full of flaws, inconsistencies, and shortcomings. Rated: 5/10 Feb 28, 2008 Full Review Prairie Miller NY Rock A disjointed collection of characters whose dysfunctional behavior modes only reinforce the aimlessness of the narrative. Mar 26, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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Amanda L I watched this movie to see if I’d have any compassion for the father character, to see if the writer, Rebecca Miller, could summon a level of charity in me despite my life-long disdain of adults who fall into objectifying their own children. Well, she did. For all the flaws in production (yes, the soundtrack is intrusive), the actors really did have a deep and ultimately edifying story to work with. Edifying how? I won’t give that away. And, of course, if for no other reason, watch the movie to see Daniel Day-Lewis play a man battling selfishness for the sake of love. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/13/24 Full Review Audience Member Ultimately it doesn't work, but there are a few small parts in here that show some potential of what could've been. Feels really cheap, which doesn't help it at all. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member Wow. Just wow. Had no idea DDL was so sexy. And to live there.....to live that life. Wow. Just wow. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Not at all interesting. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member I wasted my 60 mins watching this movie and felt sorry for Daniel Day-Lewis that he had to play a movie this bad. Oh well, it's his wife's. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review william s Lewis is never boring but that's tested in this lumbering ineffective movie. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Jack Slavin (Daniel Day-Lewis) is an environmentalist with a heart condition who lives with his daughter, Rose (Camilla Belle), on an isolated island. While Jack fights against developers who wish to build in the area, he also craves more contact with other people. When he invites his girlfriend, Kathleen (Catherine Keener), and her sons, Rodney (Ryan McDonald) and Thaddius (Paul Dano), to move in, Rose is upset. The complicated family dynamics makes things difficult for everyone in the house.
Director
Rebecca Miller
Producer
Lemore Syvan
Screenwriter
Rebecca Miller
Distributor
IFC Films
Production Co
IFC Productions
Rating
R (Some Drug Material|Sexual Content|Language)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 25, 2005, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 27, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$712.3K
Runtime
1h 51m
Sound Mix
Stereo
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