
Jack Powell was born with a unique disorder that causes him to age four times faster than people usually age, so when he's 10 years old he looks 40. This causes problems when he starts public school and tries to make friends with his classmates.... (Full plot summary below)
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Jack Powell was born with a unique disorder that causes him to age four times faster than people usually age, so when he's 10 years old he looks 40. This causes problems when he starts public school and tries to make friends with his classmates.
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| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliThis feel-good motion picture is intelligently written and expertly directed. |
| The New York TimesVincent CanbyWithin the limits and cliches of utterly predictable material, Mr. Coppola is still finally able to make this one from the heart. |
| Washington PostDesson HoweIt sits in a rather unspectacular niche between modern fairy tale and a disease-of-the-week TV movie. |
| San Francisco ExaminerWalter AddiegoFrancis Ford Coppola's Jack has its affecting moments, but in the end illustrates the pitfalls of the "concept" movie, the kind you can boil down to a one-line hook. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleibermanit's a synthetic, rather drab movie, one that seems linked less to experience, or even to fantasy, than to other movies - "Big," of course, and also "E.T.," "Mask," and "Phenomenon." |
| Washington PostHal HinsonWhen a master dedicates his genius to the production of schmaltz, it's not a pretty sight. |
| EmpireCaroline WestbrookThe formula for Robin Williams' childish stick wares dangerously thin this time out. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert[Robin Williams] has been ill-served by a screenplay that isn't curious about what his life would really be like. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJack is a warm, heartfelt disaster that shows that life is fleeting but movies can be very long indeed. |
| VarietyTodd McCarthyBlandness and lack of daring characterize nearly every minute of the very long two hours, which are marked by a high degree of professionalism at the service of little content. |