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By Jennie Kermode (588) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 30 May 2018

Affecting and immersive, A Kid Like Jake tells its tale in a way that anyone who's raised a child will be able to relate to…

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By Dan Callahan (211) for TheWrap (3,203) on 30 May 2018

The writing in A Kid Like Jake feels more like playwriting than like screenwriting because we are told things in dialogue about Jake but barely…

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By Tim Appelo (178) for AARP Movies for Grownups (302) on 30 May 2018

An unusually realistic, emotionally gripping story with a top-tier cast…

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By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 30 May 2018

There are some very impressive acting moments in this investigation into the parenting of a special child, but the dramatic payoff comes too…

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By Emily Yoshida (237) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 30 May 2018

It’s remarkable how engaging and light on its feet the director and cast are able to keep this subject matter, how much permission he gives…

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By John Anderson (1,358) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 30 May 2018

A daring little drama with a heavyweight cast, a gracefully delivered message and a hellish problem — specifically, other people…

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By Lindsey Bahr (430) for The Associated Press (882) on 30 May 2018

A Kid Like Jake might not be especially cinematic, but it is profound in its simplicity and truthfulness about what real fights sound like…

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By Johnny Oleksinski (478) for New York Post (6,650) on 30 May 2018

Danes and Parsons are a weird pairing, who carry their TV personas with them like tote bags…

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By Glenn Kenny (1,728) for The New York Times (9,847) on 30 May 2018

Directed by Silas Howard from a screenplay by Daniel Pearle, who adapted his own stage play, A Kid Like Jake is humane, compassionate and strangely…

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By Kristen Yoonsoo Kim (115) for Village Voice (8,525) on 29 May 2018

Howard, who is trans himself, approaches the film with sensitivity, but it ends up feeling like a conversation to be continued, not resolved…

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By Pat Brown (171) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 29 May 2018

Though the film makes the important point that even the most liberal parents' acceptance of a child's difference may be repression by another…

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By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 29 May 2018

If Howard and Pearle’s idea was to show how an extended argument devolves into the worst values of a previous generation — lashing out…

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By Danielle Solzman (397) for Solzy at the Movies (339) on 27 May 2018

A Kid Like Jake is a film that ought to add to the conversation about gender identity among young children…

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By Avi Offer (997) for NYC Movie Guru (997) on 27 May 2018

Captivating, wise and emotionally engrossing with just the right balance of Truth and Spectacle…

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By Jamie Broadnax (55) for Black Girl Nerds (256) on 20 May 2018

A Kid Like Jake gives an honest, fascinating, and emotionally raw look at parenting in a new era which is a story that many parents need to…

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By Alan Ng (404) for Film Threat (5,156) on 04 Apr 2018

A Kid Like Jake works because of the incredible performances of Claire Danes and Jim Parsons and the insightful writing of Daniel Pearle…

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By Amy Nicholson (961) for Variety (12,700) on 29 Jan 2018

The movie doesn’t feel like it’s going anywhere until it explodes, and the dazzling fireworks don’t quite offset its long, seemingly…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for indieWire (3,631) on 25 Jan 2018

Silas Howard’s new film is nothing if not well-attuned to the difference between the purity of sharing the right values and the messiness…

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