Jack and Jill vs. The World | 
enlarge | Director: Vanessa Parise Actors: Kelly Rowan, Robert Forster, Charles Martin Smith, Jr. Freddie Prinze, Peter Stebbings Studio: First Look Pictures Category: DVD
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Rating: 3 reviews Sales Rank: 17944
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled) Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Number Of Items: 1 Running Time: 87 Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: FLP-12359 UPC: 687797123596 EAN: 0687797123596 ASIN: B00140PK96
Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Release Date: June 17, 2008 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping: International shipping available Condition: All of our used items are 100% Guaranteed to play. Ships 1st class!!
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Product Description Jack (Freddie Prinze Jr.) is a NYC advertising exec with a life as glossy as the ads he spins. Free-spirited Jill (Taryn Manning) is new to the city with nothing to stand on but her fiery personality and romantic ideals. Opposites attract and together they author their own manifesto of "rules to live by." But their story takes a turn when the truth about Jill surfaces and their number one rule - Be honest-is violated.System Requirements:Running Time: 87 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY/BUDDY FILMS Rating: PG-13 UPC: 687797123596 Manufacturer No: FLP-12359
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Miss the film, watch the main docu... July 2, 2008 4 out of 5 found this review helpful
A painful film that can neither be categorized as a romantic comedy or as a life-shortening pull-at-the-heart strings piece. I would have to put it as a needed to pay the rent film for both actors. This is another NY love story with sap, bad music, fake roles, forced performances and a misplaced plug for an important sickness (CF).
The initial narration by Robert Forster (very recognizable voice) helps break up the uncomfortable feeling of corny moments but his take mysteriously disappears. Putting aside the obvious camera car carrier/trailer in every window they pass, forced dialogue or a pigeon having the best scenes, one might enjoy the film. It is a light fluff piece, but not sure if even the teen girls will come back liking this. Has to be the worst music I have heard in a "romantic comedy" sex scene in years. The split screen communications can be better seen in Conversations with Other Women or the X Files bathtub episode, not this.
I would recommend watching Dandelion or even Hustle & Flow to see Manning's work - I am sure with eight films in production there will be something better down the pike for her. See Brooklyn Rules for FP Jr. Usual ratings miss as the multiple breast shots are not even listed by the MPAA. The DVD has a brief making of docu (actually a horribly made plug piece), deleted scenes, and finally a well made history of the filmmaker and her quest to do this (On Set On Edge 5-part series) - the highlight of this film for me. IF you are an indie movie maker - watch just this docu and check the associated websites they mention.
heartwarming film July 1, 2008 0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Jack and Jill vs. The World taryn manning plays jill is sick with cystic fibrosis and her goal in life to is affect someone elses life in a positive way and that is exactly what she does with jack(freddie prinze jr) an uptight set in his ways ad exuctive who bumps into her on a random day. wow makes you wish this would happen to you. anyhow he ends up giving her a ride home, feels very bad about where she lives so he offers her to stay with him until she can find something a better, well romance blossoms and she ends up changing his life and he becomes very protective of him its love when you least expect it where you least expect it she changed his life for the better and its just bittersweet with her health condition great perfomances
Sweet Little Movie June 18, 2008 0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Chaos is a wonderful thing, but maybe not for a guy who is a wound a little too tight. I enjoyed this movie for the relationships shown throughout. I loved the character interaction. There may have been a few things I'd done differently, but considering what the filmmakers went through to make it, I think it's well done.
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