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Jack Powell suffers from an affliction that makes him grow four times faster than normal, so the 10-year-old looks like a 40-year-old man. After years of being tutored at home, Jack convinces his overprotective parents to send him to public school. The children don't know what to make of Jack, but with the help of his fifth-grade teacher, he makes an effort to win them over.
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75
This feel-good motion picture is intelligently written and expertly directed.
60
The New York Times
Within the limits and cliches of utterly predictable material, Mr. Coppola is still finally able to make this one from the heart.
50
Entertainment Weekly
it'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."
50
Francis 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.
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Empire
The formula for Robin Williams' childish stick wares dangerously thin this time out.
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