Jack Slavin is an environmentalist with a heart condition who lives with his daughter, Rose, 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, and her sons, Rodney and Thaddius, to move in, Rose is upset. The complicated family dynamics makes things difficult for everyone in the house.
The Ballad of Jack and Rose has generally received positive reviews.
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The Ballad of Jack and Rose was released in 2005 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 346 reviews, giving The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005) an average rating of 63%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 69%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 63%.
With a score of 63%, The Ballad of Jack and Rose is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2005, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2005 with similar scores include films like Nanny McPhee, The Interpreter and Twitches.
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