You Don't Know Jack (2010)
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Al Pacino stars as Dr. Jack Kevorkian in director Barry Levinson's made-for-HBO biopic tracing the controversial career of the outspoken assisted suicide advocate/activist. Convinced that "dying is not a crime," Dr. Kevorkian (aka Dr. Death) creates a machine that allows terminally-ill medical patients to end their own lives in a peaceful, humane manner. When Dr. Kevorkian is forced to defend his philosophy and practices in court, a media firestorm erupts over a patient's right to die. Susan
Oct 26, 2010
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This is Levinson's best work since Wag the Dog
Top CriticYou Don't Know Jack might make you uncomfortable, and it probably won't change your mind on the issue of euthanasia, but you should by all means see it.
Jack remains a disturbing, significant picture, expressing a mind and a purpose coldly silenced before it was ever truly understood...finding the shadows and the soapbox, Pacino is masterful in this uneasy, thought-provoking drama.
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The movie focuses on this issue & shows why it's not bad. In a way, I felt that it was biased. It is shown from the viewpoint of Dr. Jack Kevorkian & it hardly takes opposer's (those who are against Euthanasia) opinion into consideration. While being in favor of euthanasia myself, I'd have liked the movie more had they left it to the viewer to decide whether it's good or bad, & not shown more pros than the cons of euthanasia. For most of the part, if not all, the movie portrays Dr. Jack Kevorkian as a hero. That's another thing I didn't like about the movie. However, if real Dr. Jack Kevorkian was the same as the character Dr. Jack Kevorkian in the movie, I bow to him.
Al Pacino fluently played the role of Dr. Jack Kevorkian. The rest of the cast is also impressive. Check it out if if, like me, you're also interested in 'Euthanasia' & movies based on actual events.
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- Dr. Jack Kevorkian: When a law is deemed immoral by you, you must disobey it.
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