Review of You Don't Know Jack (2010) by Nathan H — 02 Oct 2010
"You Don't Know Jack" isn't a bad movie, and there are moments when it's actually very good. Al Pacino gives a great performance as the sympathetic but self-destructive assisted-suicide doctor, and the use of actual footage and interviews from Kevorkian's archives (with Pacino transposed into the video) goes a long way toward making this film a representation of not just the doctor's life, but also a unique and strange time period in American history.
The problem with "You Don't Know Jack," though, is that it's just not as interesting as the other recent film made about the doctor's life, "Kevorkian," which was a documentary released on HBO over the summer (and I'm not entirely sure which was released first, to be honest, but I watched the documentary first). As great as Pacino is, nobody plays Kevorkian like Kevorkian, and I'd much rather watch the real Kevorkian answer interview questions, or defend himself in court, or make television appearances.
This review of You Don't Know Jack (2010) was written by Nathan H on 02 Oct 2010.
You Don't Know Jack has generally received very positive reviews.
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