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Josie & Jack

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Josie & Jack

2019

1h 43m

Drama

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Josie and her unstable brother, Jack, run away from home to escape from their drunken and neglectful father. But as Jack becomes increasingly volatile, Josie starts to wonder if she should free herself from his destructive behavior.

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Cath Clarke

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There is so little visible chemistry between the actors you may not care either way.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 16, 2021

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Sam Inglis

HeyUGuys

The actors do what they can with a flawed screenplay and underwritten roles, but their efforts are further blunted by dull and drab visual choices.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 23, 2021

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Deirdre Crimmins

HighDef Digest

Neither exciting nor sexy, Josie & Jack takes a long cold look at a brother and sister and lets all of us come up with our own judgment on them.

Rated: 3.5/5

Nov 26, 2019

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Carey-Ann Pawsey

Orca Sound

Basically a recipe for disaster which you spend most of the film on edge waiting to happen.

Nov 26, 2019

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Krystle W

I definitely recommend this film to anyone who read and appreciated the book. As the very few available reviews demonstrate, if you haven't read the book, you might not understand or appreciate the film. The book had an interesting way about it. Josie described the things she experienced in great detail while not delving deeply into how they made her feel - with the exception of Jack. Her everything revolved around Jack. And, with the exception of how she felt about Jack, the book let us feel what came natural to us as we saw through her eyes. I almost felt a sense of deja vu watching the trailer. Every person and place I saw in the trailer was exactly, exactly how I envisioned. It was eerie. It comes as no surprise that the writer herself was directly involved with the film. I've never seen more true-to-source-material casting and set. Usually you have to adapt to the film versions of the books you read, but this? This film WAS the book, come to life. I thought the acting, casting, directing and cinematography of the film were all wonderful. The only thing I wish had been done differently in the film is giving us more of the ending that the book did. This film is not for everyone. In my opinion, If you've read the book, watch the film. If you haven't read the book - read it first. I recommend them both.

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Synopsis

Josie and her unstable brother, Jack, run away from home to escape from their drunken and neglectful father. But as Jack becomes increasingly volatile, Josie starts to wonder if she should free herself from his destructive behavior.

Director: Sarah Lancaster
Producer: Blake Goza, Jonathon Komack Martin
Screenwriter: Kelly Braffet, Sarah Lancaster
Production Co: The Komack Company, Mountain Men Films
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 25, 2020
Runtime: 1h 43m

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