A Kid Like Jake
2018, Drama, 1h 32m
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A Kid Like Jake poses some truly interesting possibilities -- many of which are lost in its overly cautious approach to an admittedly sensitive subject. Read critic reviews
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Alex
Greg
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Amal
Catherine
Sandra
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Danes gives it her very considerable best, but there is something weirdly inhibited about this movie.
September 2, 2020 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… -
It's a demonstration of a parent's most innate instinct: to protect their child, while also intimating that love and understanding is the ultimate protection.
August 27, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
It's a daring premise, which makes Howard's fluffy approach to the material all the more frustrating.
June 27, 2018 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review… -
But the filmmakers seem to hold back from other confrontations, and their subplots involving the boy's pushy grandmother (the great Ann Dowd) and a brittle client (Amy Landecker) of the therapist father ultimately fizzle.
June 21, 2018 | Full Review… -
The movie's premise sounds like it should be the basis for a barbed satire of the finest proportions. Instead, it opts for a tone that is decidedly sober and lacking any kind of sharp edge.
June 14, 2018 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review… -
Some of this material is too sensitive, granted, to have a very young actor play it. But "Jake" goes too far the other way, giving us only glimpses of the boy, who emerges as more of a symbol than a real child.
June 13, 2018 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
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