Description:Jack Powell appears to be an average, middle-aged forty year old man--who plays with G.I. Joe and wears Power Ranger pajamas. But Jack is only 10-years-old. He suffers from a genetic disorder that causes him to physically age four times faster than a normal person. Fearing ridicule from the outside world, Jack's parents have kept him Jack Powell appears to be an average, middle-aged forty year old man--who plays with G.I. Joe and wears Power Ranger pajamas. But Jack is only 10-years-old. He suffers from a genetic disorder that causes him to physically age four times faster than a normal person. Fearing ridicule from the outside world, Jack's parents have kept him secluded in their home, which they have stocked with every toy a young boy could want. Toys can't take the place of the real friends which Jack craves. Now he's about to embark on the greatest adventure of his unusual life--he's about to enter the fifth grade.... (more)(less)
"I literally feel nothing coming out of this. If it focused on him getting older or even dying or hell, how about just getting the details about the actual age right, then maybe something, but as is? There’s a lot of other movies that do the “little kid in the big body” thing better, like Big, Vice Versa, or Freaky Friday. Which one? EITHER OF THEM! They’re both better than this emotionally lacking experience. I mean, okay, sometimes it’s a little gentle, and sometimes it can have a nic"
hexagon sun added this to a list 3 months, 4 weeks ago
"Again, Nostalgia Critic review.
- Focus more on his whole life rather than just his 10-year-old life
- Flesh out Jack's character more
- You may want to fix the music score in some moments, Ford Coppola"
Bad☆Alice added this to a list 7 months, 2 weeks ago