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Jack and Jill
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDennis Dugan
Screenplay byAdam Sandler
Steve Koren
Story byBen Zook
Produced byAdam Sandler
Jack Giarraputo
Todd Garner
StarringAdam Sandler
Al Pacino
Katie Holmes
CinematographyDean Cundey
Edited byTom Costain
Music byRupert Gregson-Williams
Production
companies
Happy Madison Productions
Broken Road Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • November 11, 2011 (2011-11-11)
Running time
91 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$79 million[2]
Box office$149,673,788[3]

Jack and Jill is a 2011 comedy film starring Adam Sandler and directed by Dennis Dugan, who has collaborated with Sandler on most of his films. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures and released on November 11, 2011.[4]

Jack and Jill has received extremely negative reviews from critics; it holds a score of 3% on Rotten Tomatoes and won in every category at the 32nd Golden Raspberry Awards, a first for the Razzies.[5]

Synopsis

The film opens with home videos of Jack and Jill growing up. As the videos progress, it seems that Jack is the more gifted twin, with Jill constantly trying to get his attention by hitting him, hurting girls around him, etc. The film then goes to an adult Jack (Adam Sandler), a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife (Katie Holmes) and two kids, Sofie and Gary.

Jack is incredibly irritated about the Thanksgiving visit of his "identical"[6] twin sister Jill (also Adam Sandler), as he has to pick her up at 4:00am. Following a series of problems from the airport to the house, Jack's patience is soon stretched increasingly thin. Jill's neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, turning his normally tranquil life upside down.

Jill starts ruining Thanksgiving dinner by talking loud, calling one of the guests homeless, and then runs away into the woods near the house with her pet Cockatoo. Jill says she has a list of things she wants to do before she leaves; she wants to be on a game show, go horseback riding, and do a studio tour. She tells them she has an open-ended ticket and Jill decides to stay until the end of Hanukkah. Meanwhile, Jack's client wants him to get Al Pacino to appear in a Dunkin Donuts commercial.

Jill tries online dating, but doesn't get much of a response until Jack poses as Jill and alters her profile, leading her to get over 100 responses. When her date, "Funbucket" (Norm Macdonald), meets her, however, he runs away and hides in the bathroom. Feeling guilty, Jack takes her to the Lakers game where Al Pacino is supposed to be. Pacino develops a crush on Jill as he gives her his phone number on a hot dog, written in mustard and ketchup. Jack hopes Jill would leave by New Year's Eve since Jack and his family are going on a cruise.

All of Jack's friends throw him a birthday party and extend it to Jill as well, having never known that he even had a sister. Later, Pacino takes Jill to his home and lets her pick out a cake. The next day, Jill is leaving, until Jack's gardener, Felipe, takes her to the park to have fun. Jack doesn't want Jill to be alone on New Year's, so he invites her to the cruise, but she won't go. Pacino and Jack strike a deal in which Pacino will do the commercial if he gets a date with Jill. Jack disguises himself as Jill and goes on the date with Pacino. As Jack learns how much Pacino cares about Jill, he realizes that he loves his sister, and races back to the ship. Once there, however, he learns that Jill has gone back home to the Bronx.

Jill goes to a restaurant with a picture of the twins' deceased mother. Jack and the family show up and celebrate with her. At the restaurant they see an old high school classmate, Monica (David Spade) who attacks Jack's wife, but is stopped by Jill. Afterwards, they go to Jill's house, which Felipe has decorated to declare his love for Jill. She is overjoyed that someone loves her, and embraces him. Pacino also shows up at the party — in costume after a performance of Man of La Mancha — to declare his love, but steps aside once he sees that Jill is happy with someone else. The film ends with the commercial that Pacino stars in, promoting a new coffee Dunkaccino as a rap song. Pacino hates the commercial and tells Jack to destroy every copy and threaten everyone who has seen it.

Cast

Cameo appearances
Cameos as themselves

Reception

Critical reception

Although CinemaScore polls showed positive reception from audiences, reporting that the average grade moviegoers gave the film was a "B" on an A+ to F scale and an "A-" from audiences under age 18,[9] it was almost universally panned by critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 3% of 100 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 2.6 out of 10.[10] Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film a score of 23 based on 26 reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews."[11]

Mary Pols of Time Magazine ranked the film #1 on the Top 10 Worst Movies of 2011.[12] TV Guide included the film on its "The Worst of 2011" list.[13] Andrew Barker of Variety said that the film's "general stupidity, careless direction and reliance on a single-joke premise that was never really funny to begin with are only the most obvious of its problems."[14] Internet review show Half in the Bag criticized Jack and Jill for recycling gags from Sandler's previous films, incessant product placement, and laziness in terms of both writing and production quality.[15] They would later call it "the worst thing in the world".[15]

Despite general poor reviews, the film did receive some positive reception. Al Pacino's performance was praised,[16][17] with Rotten Tomatoes calling it an "inexplicably committed performance."[18] Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle stated that while he found the character Jill herself annoying, that "...almost everything else in this comedy succeeds. The central situation...has comic energy...(the film has) successful bits and big moments of satisfying comedy."[19] Tom Russo of the Boston Globe gave the film 2 and a half stars, writing "What's more genuinely wacky is what a kick this movie can sometimes be, completely in spite of its big, flat stunt."[20]

Awards and nominations

Award Subject Nominee Result
Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Movie Actor Adam Sandler Won
Golden Raspberry Awards Worst Actor Won
Worst Actress Won
Worst Supporting Actor Nick Swardson Nominated
Al Pacino Won
Worst Supporting Actress David Spade Won
Katie Holmes Nominated
Worst Picture Adam Sandler Won
Jack Giarraputo Won
Todd Garner Won
Worst Director Dennis Dugan Won
Worst Screenplay Adam Sandler, Ben Zook and Steve Koren Won
Worst Screen Couple Adam Sandler and either Al Pacino, Katie Holmes or Adam Sandler Won
Worst Screen Ensemble The entire cast Won
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel Glen or Glenda Won

Box office

The film opened in 3,438 theaters at #2 with $25,003,575, behind Immortals, which debuted in the top spot with $32,206,425.[9] The film closed on February 26, 2012 with a total gross of $74,158,157 in the United States and Canada. It also made $75,515,631 in other territories, for worldwide gross of $149,673,788 against its $79 million budget.[3]

Home media

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released Jack and Jill on DVD and Blu-ray on March 6, 2012.

References

  1. ^ "JACK AND JILL (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. 2011-11-10. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
  2. ^ Kaufman, Amy (November 10, 2011). "Movie Projector: 'Immortals' poised to conquer box office". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Jack and Jill (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Amazon.com. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  4. ^ Pearson, Anthony (July 9, 2011). "New trailer for Adam Sandler comedy 'Jack and Jill'". Monsters and Critics. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  5. ^ "Adam Sandler movie Jack and Jill sweeps Razzie awards". BBC News. April 2, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  6. ^ "Adam Sandler is Jack and Jill". Sony Pictures. 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  7. ^ a b Al Pacino, Katie Holmes Join ‘Jack and Jill’. News in Film. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
  8. ^ "Dana Carvey to Make His Comeback in Jack and Jill?". ComingSoon.net. October 4, 2010. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  9. ^ a b "'Immortals' #1 With So-So $32M Domestic But $36M Foreign, 'Jack And Jill' $26M". Deadline.com. PMC. November 13, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
  10. ^ "Jack and Jill (2011)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
  11. ^ "Jack and Jill Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  12. ^ Pols, Mary (December 7, 2011). "The Top 10 Everything of 2011 - Jack and Jill". Time. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
  13. ^ "The Worst of 2011 - Jack & Jill". TV Guide. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
  14. ^ Barker, Andrew (November 10, 2011). "New U.S. Release: Jack and Jilll". Variety. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
  15. ^ a b Half in the Bag: Jack and Jill, RedLetterMedia Cite error: The named reference "RLM" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  16. ^ Russo, Tom (November 11, 2011). "Jack and Jill: Twice the Sandler, half the fun". Boston.com. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  17. ^ Rainer, Peter (November 11, 2011). "Adam Sandler goes drag for Jack and Jill: movie review". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved May17, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  18. ^ "Jack and Jill (2011)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
  19. ^ LaSalle, Mick (November 11, 2011). "'Jack and Jill' review: Jack's funny, Jill's a drag". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
  20. ^ "Jack and Jill: Critic Reviews". Metacritic. 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
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