Review of Jack Goes Boating (2010) by Lisa P — 15 Sep 2010
Tiny and at times lovely, this film is also often as much a trial as a joy. The story of an introverted fellow and the introverted gal he courts, JACK GOES BOATING starts off promisingly but as it gets more strange and slightly sour, it lost me.
Even though it stars four terrific actors, it unravels during the drunken dinner party that is the last act, and I just stopped rooting for everybody. It's hard to say why; maybe on another day it would have seemed sweet to me, but on this particular day it merely tried my patience.
Philip Seymour Hoffman makes his directing debut, and there are many nice touches, but they just don't make up for the skips in logic and the sour twists late in the story.
This review of Jack Goes Boating (2010) was written by Lisa P on 15 Sep 2010.
Jack Goes Boating has generally received mixed reviews.
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