Jack & Sarah (1995)

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I don’t know if you have noticed it but I tend to watch some of the most obscure flicks and, sometimes, I even wonder how I ended up watching some of those in the first place. This movie is a perfect example. Indeed, what the hell was this? Why did I watch this movie?!? I think the only reason was probably because Judi Dench and Ian McKellen were involved but even though both are quite awesome, ... read more

After his wife, Sarah (Imogen Stubbs), dies during childbirth, Jack (Richard E. Grant), an attorney, has his world thrown into a whirlwind. Unequipped to handle the pressures of a demanding career and raising an infant daughter on his own, Jack finds help through a local vagrant (Ian McKellen) and submits to hiring a nanny. But the woman he hires is a waitress (Samantha Mathis) who is entirely inexperienced -- much to the disapproval of Jack's mother, Margaret (Judi Dench).