Jack and Jill vs. the World

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Jack and Jill vs. the World

PG-13

Released Apr 4, 2008

1h 29m

Romance

Comedy

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Opposites attract when an advertising executive and a fiery newcomer to the city meet.

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

Blind to the fact that it should be rising up against its own formulaic kind.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 25, 2008

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Peter Debruge

Variety

Parise no doubt intends the pic's attention to the disease -- plus animal adoption and fair trade coffee -- to be socially enlightening, but it feels suspiciously like sympathy-mongering.

Apr 24, 2008

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...ultimately establishes itself as an affable endeavor that benefits substantially from the charismatic work of its two leads.

Rated: 2.5/4

Dec 5, 2008

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Matt Pais

Metromix.com

Achieves the holy trinity of painful earnestness, combining cute animals, sick teenagers and an idealistic belief in love and goodness that's actually deceptively judgmental.

Rated: 1/5

Apr 26, 2008

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Jules Brenner

Cinema Signals

Written, directed, acted-in and produced by Parise, she's proven her creds as a one-woman employment agent. But, by now, she should be picking up that directing is a weak spot.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 26, 2008

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Sam Sweet

L.A. Weekly

More farce might have served the film well; as Parise draws from a playbook of medical melodrama and romantic-comedies clichs, her moral about living outside the box becomes harder and harder to swallow.

Apr 24, 2008

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I have never seen this movie, but because it contains the words Jack and Jill in it, I hate it. H. A. T. E. It. Destroy it. Now!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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The charismatic chemistry of the two leads is what holds this film together, a good message, but its been done before and loses the entertainment value along the way. However you can't help connect to the two leads and wish them the best in their pursuits.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Freddie was not so great ... Taryn Manning reminds me of a younger Meg Ryan ...just nice

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

It's okay. A bit boring. But, you know, sometimes fun is overrated. :)

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

The two main characters didn't have no chemistry at all. Freddie Prinze Jr. looked good as usual. His love interest was hiddeous.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Jack (Freddie Prinze Jr) is a 30-something advertising man, living an urban life of complete routine. He is successful, stylish and completely bored. Then, he meets Jill (Taryn Manning) a fiery, independent and adorable free spirit who enters his life like a hurricane. Jill is the first woman Jack has met who doesn't want to get serious, which makes her perfect for him, and by days end they are roommates. What Jack didn't count on was falling for Jill and with her habit of disappearing for days on end and his suspicions she is hiding a secret he may be forced to face those feelings head on. also stars Kelly Rowan, Vanessa Parise, Robert Forster, Peter Stebbings, Hannah Lochner, Charles Martin Smith and Robin Dunne. directed by Vanessa Parise.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Synopsis

Opposites attract when an advertising executive and a fiery newcomer to the city meet.

Director: Vanessa Parise
Producer: Robin Dunne, Vanessa Parise, Nicholas Tabarrok
Screenwriter: Vanessa Parise, Peter Stebbings
Distributor: Lantern Lane
Production Co: Hudson River Entertainment, Lucky Dog Film Group, Empera Pictures, Authentic Talent and Literary Management, Pharaon Films, Myriad Pictures, Darius Films
Rating: PG-13 (Sexual Content|Brief Strong Language)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 4, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 17, 2012
Runtime: 1h 29m

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