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03/28/06
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)
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Reviews Counted:107
Fresh:49
Rotten:58
Average Rating:5.6/10
Consensus: Heavy on the symbolism and overly contrived.
Theatrical Release:31-03-2006
Synopsis: Writer-director Rebecca Miller's third film (following ANGELA and PERSONAL VELOCITY) is a powerful, poignant drama about a father and daughter living on their own on the outskirts of nowhere, just... [More]
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Camilla Belle, Catherine Keener, Paul Dano
Director: Rebecca Miller
Reviews for The Ballad of Jack and Rose
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03/31/06
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04/01/06
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06/24/06
Top CriticBelle 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.
03/30/06
Saddled with a highly sentimental opening and an overly dramatic end, "The Ballad of Jack and Rose" has a rich and hilarious middle that truly makes the film worth watching.
03/25/05
Jack's realizations, particularly vis-à-vis his daughter, offer rich dramatic possibilities.
04/14/05
Murky, disturbing stuff that most of the time does better at repelling viewers than compelling them to stick around to see what happens next.
04/27/05
It's all strange and mildly unpleasant and self-consciously arty.
04/14/05
Suffers from narrative shapelessness. It's hard to tell what message Miller is trying to convey.
04/01/05
A tune that humorlessly circles back in on itself, sounding seductive in parts but leaving dissatisfaction in its wake.
04/03/05
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09/26/05
Top CriticWhile I appreciate and respect Miller’s focus on nature and innocence, I couldn’t help but feel the film was puffed up and sustaining itself on esoteric nonsense.
04/12/05
Indulgent, shapeless, and full of well-meant but ponderous pieties and psychologically driven mayhem.
04/01/05
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04/02/05
Top CriticIf Miller's drama begins as a wistful ballad, it decomposes into an overwrought dirge.
04/13/05
It's somehow out of sync with its own rhythms and moods, thus its impact is much slighter than might be expected from an idea approached with intelligence and insight by Rebecca Miller and conveyed by as talented a clutch of actors.
04/02/05
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.
02/28/08
Rebecca Miller’s third feature begins as a two-character drama, and it would have been so much better if it had stayed that way.
04/28/05
Ballad wears out one tale before its end.
05/06/05
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