Storyline
On the eve of the admissions cycle for New York City kindergartens, Alex and Greg Wheeler have high hopes for four-year-old Jake. The director of Jake’s preschool encourages them to accentuate Jake’s gender expansive behavior to help him stand out. As Alex and Greg navigate their roles as parents, a rift grows between them, one that forces them to confront their own concerns about what’s best for Jake, and each other.
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Cast
Lee Aaron Rosen, Octavia Spencer, Claire Danes, Priyanka Chopra, Jim Parsons, Ann Dowd, Amy Landecker, Cindy Cheung, George B. Colucci Jr., Kelly Deadmon, Olivia Bond, Shaunette Renée Wilson, Ian Unterman, Julia Chan, Meghan Strange, Erika Robel, Aaron Serotsky, Leo James Davis, Adam Butterfield, Kelly McAndrew, Cormac Bluestone, Rhys Bhatia
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Reviews
80
It’s remarkable how engaging and light on its feet the director and cast are able to keep this subject matter, how much permission he gives them to f*ck up and try again.
80
A daring little drama with a heavyweight cast, a gracefully delivered message and a hellish problem — specifically, other people.
80
[A] simply lovely comedy-drama.
75
A Kid Like Jake might not be especially cinematic, but it is profound in its simplicity and truthfulness about what real fights sound like and what real lives look like.
50
Though the film makes the important point that even the most liberal parents' acceptance of a child's difference may be repression by another name, it fails to excite sufficient sympathy for its broadly drawn principal characters.
