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Jack the Bear (1993)
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Reviews Counted:17
Fresh:5
Rotten:12
Average Rating:4.9/10
Synopsis: A recently widowed father with a alcohol problem and his two young sons move from New York to the California suburbs during the early 1970s and find themselves coping with hardship, adolescence and... A recently widowed father with a alcohol problem and his two young sons move from New York to the California suburbs during the early 1970s and find themselves coping with hardship, adolescence and frightening incidents which occur in the neighborhood, all the while growing closer as a family. [More]
Starring: Danny DeVito, Robert J. Steinmiller, Miko Hughes
Starring: Danny DeVito, Robert J. Steinmiller, Miko Hughes
Director: Marshall Herskovitz
Director: Marshall Herskovitz
Composer: James Horner
Screenwriter: Steven Zallian, Steven Zaillian
Producer: Bruce Gilbert
Story: Dan McCall
Reviews for Jack the Bear
Danny DeVito gives the most compelling performance of his career in a gripping drama about a single parent and his two sons.
The film's episodic nature tends to undermine its impetus and the final quarter seems tacked-on, almost like it belongs in some other movie. In short, it suffers from trying to do too much.
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