Born with a rare condition that makes him age four times faster than normal, ten-year-old Jack Powell looks like a forty-year-old man. After years of homeschooling, he enters public school for the first time, eager to make friends and live like any other kid—only to discover that growing up too fast means learning some of life's hardest lessons early.
Jack has generally received mixed reviews.
Perhaps you were looking for:
Review of Jack (1996)
By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 04 Dec 1997
Cinafilm features reviews from top contributing critics and users.
Review of Jack (1996)
By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 17 Jun 1998
Review of Jack (1996)
Review of Jack (1996)
By Desson Howe (75) for Washington Post (9,851) on 23 May 1997
Review of Jack (1996)
Review of Jack (1996)
By Toasty87 (158) on 17 Jul 2020
Wow! No positive reviews yet.
Stay tuned - we add thousands of new movie reviews every day.
Review of Jack (1996)
By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 30 Jul 1999
Review of Jack (1996)
Review of Jack (1996)
By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 03 Jun 2007
Review of Jack (1996)
Review of Jack (1996)
More About This Page
Jack was released in 1996 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 17 reviews, giving Jack (1996) an average rating of 57%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 63%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 40%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Jack than critics were.
With a score of 57%, Jack is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1996, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1996 with similar scores include films like The Nutty Professor and Doctor Who.
Popular Movies Right Now
