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03/31/05
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
Dull, pointless film that grows increasingly out-of-control due to Miller's contrived script. Day-Lewis turns in his usual brooding performance that somehow passes for genius.
03/31/05
It's hard not to sing the praises of The Ballad of Jack & Rose.
03/31/05
Genuine and well-acted, Ballad has the potential to resonate deeply for those who allow it, most likely as it begins to settle in over the days that follow.
03/29/05
Rebecca Miller is no tragedian like her dad. She’s a lyrical poet with an elliptical turn of mind...despite moments of beauty and mystery, ultimately it’s a muddle.
03/29/05
A languidly paced disappointment.
03/25/05
McDonald is wholly convincing as the frightened but also enticed boy, and for the few minutes he's in focus, the film seems poised to take flight.
03/25/05
Miller freely uses the unusual as an allegory for the most usual of subjects: parentage and the rocky path from childhood to adulthood.
03/25/05
Director Rebecca Miller's latest is obvious, heavy-handed and muddled. Still, this examination of a father-daughter relationship, with a side of pudding-headed politics, isn't without merit.
03/25/05
Top CriticCertainly there's no such thing as spending too much time with your child. Or is there?
03/25/05
When Daniel Day-Lewis sprays lead in his new film, though, we're supposed to consider him a misunderstood romantic, a crusading outlaw. Bob Dylan keeps popping up on the soundtrack to make sure you get the point.
03/25/05
The sheer talent of the great Daniel Day-Lewis carries the film through its rough patches, making the movie, first and foremost, another showcase for the world's most gifted actor.
03/25/05
There is something garish about watching a father and daughter struggle with the snake of incest in their ill-advised Garden of Eden.
03/25/05
The film feels less mythic than self-consciously portentous.
03/25/05
A fine cast gives their director beautifully shaded performances, but the writer squanders them on a pretentiously meaningless story with...a creepy incestuous theme.
03/25/05
The Ballad of Jack and Rose is an often engrossing character piece, filled with small moments of beauty and sadness.
03/25/05
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
When the father and daughter are left to their own devices, the film plods along with four endings.
03/25/05
Deep, rich and altogether satisfying.
03/25/05
Its inscrutability and standoffishness make The Ballad of Jack & Rose more boring than watching someone else knit.
03/25/05
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