Jack the Bear [VHS]
by Marshall Herskovitz
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Actor: Art LaFleur, Danny DeVito, Gary Sinise, Miko Hughes, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.Director: Marshall Herskovitz
Cinematographer: Fred Murphy
Editor: Steven Rosenblum
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Running Time: 99 minutes
Release Date: 1997-01-07
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
VHS Movie Reviews of Jack the Bear [VHS]
Movie Review: Finally!
Summary: 4 Stars
I love Danny Devito movies so you can imagine my disappointment when I was unable to view "Jack the Bear" on T.V. Everytime this picture comes on T.V. it is on a cable channel that we don't have. I'm glad I finally got to view it again and finally I can share it with my family. Movie Review: USPS sux
Summary: 1 Stars
I did not get to see this movie because my mailman stole it. Oh, that's right. Stole it. My girlfriend moved out. He thought everyone did, so he just kept whatever he was to deliver at my house!!! If I had to do over again I would have sent it UPS, at least they are not scumbags. Movie Review: Jack the Bear
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a great family movie. I watched it as a kid and it is even better then I remembered it. I definitely recommend it to anyone.Movie Review: Heart warming family drama
Summary: 4 Stars
Danny DeVito and Gary Sinease are good but it is the kids in this movie that steal the show.Movie Review: Delightful, touching, fun, halloweeny movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is in my top 5 all-time movies. I'm sure it wasn't a block buster. It has no stunning special fx. It has a great cast and is wonderfully acted and it hits me in my heart every time I see it. I don't watch many movies more than once, but I watch this movie regularly. It's about loss, love and sticking together when the going gets tough, along with many other things.
Summary of Jack the Bear [VHS]
It's not hard to see what attracted director Marshall Herskovitz (TV's thirtysomething) and writer Steve Zaillian (Schindler's List) to this tragicomic story of a widower trying to keep life together for his two young sons. And Danny DeVito gives them a surprisingly sympathetic and low-key performance that capably blends pathos and humor. But the story--about Jack's attempts to get his drinking under control, even while holding down a job as a late-night TV horror-movie host--descends into bathos. Then it gets downright weird and scary when the family's strange neo-Nazi neighbor (a popeyed Gary Sinise) takes an unhealthy interest in one of the children. Jack the Bear sat on the shelf for a couple of years while Herskovitz reworked it, but it was like changing the tires on a car with a broken drive-train. --Marshall FineParenthood Video
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