Jack the Bear (1993)

6.3	Listal rating
6.2	IMDB rating

Directed by

Marshall Herskovitz

Starring (View all)

Danny DeVito

John Leary

Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.

Jack Leary

Dylan Leary

Norman Strick

Mr. Festinger

Father-in-Law

Mother-in-Law

Elizabeth Leary

Written by

Dan McCall

(novel)

Steven Zaillian

(screenplay)

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An average movie

1 year, 6 months ago at Nov 22 4:28

johanlefourbe

I have never heard of this flick before but since I have a weak spot for Danny Devito, I thought I should check it out. It is basically a rather weird but well-made familly drama. I really enjoyed the directing, the kids performances were ok and I thought Danny Devito was really good in this. He usually plays supporting parts so it was nice to see him as a lead actor. I thought it was a really int... read more

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Release date : 2 April 1993
UPC: 024543130680

Aggression (3), Kidnapping (3), Drama (3), Ambulance (2), Based On Novel (2), Nazi (2), Neighbor (2), Alcoholism (2), Brother Brother Relationship (2), Widower (2), Lifting Person In Air (2), Piano (2), Single Father (2), Loss Of Wife (2), Oakland Athletics (2), Flashlight (2), 1970s (2), Neo Nazi (2), 1990s (2), Single Parent (1)

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johanlefourbe posted a review 1 year, 6 months ago

An average movie

“I have never heard of this flick before but since I have a weak spot for Danny Devito, I thought I should check it out. It is basically a rather weird but well-made familly drama. I really enjoyed the directing, the kids performances were ok and I thought Danny Devito was really good in this. He usually plays supporting parts so it was nice to see him as a lead actor. I thought it was a really interesting character and DeVito managed to not overplay it and gave the character many different layers. However, even though I enjoyed the directing, it did get a little over-sentimental and over-dramatic (I mean... Come on! What was this all about with the psychopatic Nazi neighbour?!?). Furthermore, I wish they centered the movie on the father and not the oldest son. In my opinion, stories narrat” read more