4/5

Belle is equally good, proving that she's a real movie star in the making - there's a sort of feral energy to Rose that's genuinely scary and disturbingly unpredictable.

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03/30/06

5/10

The Ballad of Jack and Rose, like the community it elucidates, is not perfect. Like the people who try so desperately to make the most of the world in which they live, it is full of flaws, inconsistencies, and shortcomings.

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02/28/08

N/A

A disjointed collection of characters whose dysfunctional behavior modes only reinforce the aimlessness of the narrative.

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03/26/07

N/A

It is the harbinger of great films to come from an exceptional screenwriter and director.

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03/01/07

A

Jack and Rose bears a haunting economy of style that appears as near-minimalist...Miller realizes her own screenplay with a stunning lack of self-consciousness.

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06/17/05

3.5/5

It's about two-thirds a great movie and worth it for those two-thirds.

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06/08/05

2.5/4

Generally it works, thanks to the terrific performances.

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05/13/05

'3/4'

A fable of the end of innocence, complete with such symbols of paradise lost as a snake (a fugitive copperhead) and a toppled playhouse.

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05/13/05

3/5

As indie efforts go, The Ballad of Jack and Rose pushes a lot of the classic indie audience buttons, coupled with some depressingly mainstream ones.

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05/06/05

2/4

Ballad wears out one tale before its end.

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05/06/05

3/5

[A] strange blend of a daughter's coming of age and a father's advancing toward death.

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05/05/05

3/10

The always-superb Day-Lewis and bright newcomer Belle almost redeem this pretentious, improbable scenario. But almost isn't enough.

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04/29/05