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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
Waddy Wachtel
Production
company
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 American comedy film co-written, produced by and starring Adam Sandler and directed by Dennis Dugan, who has collaborated with Sandler on many of his films. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures and released on November 11, 2011.[4]

The film was a commercial success at the box office[5] with a worldwide gross of $150 million, but was universally panned; it holds a score of 3% on Rotten Tomatoes and became the first film to win in every category at the 32nd Golden Raspberry Awards.[6] It broke the record held by I Know Who Killed Me for the most Razzie awards for a film in a single year. It is considered by some to be one of the worst films of all time.[7][8]

Plot

The film opens with homemade 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 story shifts to the present, where an adult Jack is a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife, Erin, and two kids, Sofie and Gary.

Jack is incredibly irritated about the holiday visit of his "identical"[9] twin sister Jill, as he has to pick her up at 4:00am. 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 ruins Thanksgiving dinner by talking loud, calling one guest homeless, then running away into the woods with her pet Cockatoo. Jill has a list of things she wants to do -- be on a game show, go horseback riding, and do a studio tour. She has an open-ended plane ticket and decides to stay until the end of Hanukkah.

Jack's agency client, meanwhile, wants him to somehow get actor Al Pacino to appear in a Dunkin' Donuts commercial. Jack isn't sure how he's supposed to make that happen. Jill tries online dating, but doesn't get much of a response until Jack poses as Jill and alters her profile, leading to more than 100 responses. When her date, "Funbucket", meets her, however, he hides in the restaurant bathroom.

Feeling guilty, Jack takes her to a Lakers game where Pacino is supposed to be. Pacino pays little attention to Jack, but, amazingly, develops a crush on Jill. He gives her his phone number on a hot dog, written in mustard and ketchup. Jack is hoping Jill would leave by New Year's Eve, since the family is going on a cruise. Friends throw him a birthday party and extend it to Jill as well, having never known that he even had a sister. Pacino invites Jill to his home but she resists his advances and abruptly leaves. The next day, Jack's gardener, Felipe, takes Jill to a family get-together to have fun. Jack doesn't want Jill to be alone on New Year's, so he invites her to the cruise, and she gladly accepts.

A proposition is made by Pacino that he will do the commercial if Jack gets him a date with Jill. Jack disguises himself as Jill and goes on the date in her place. Jill starts to suspect that the only reason Jack invited her on the cruise is to persuade Pacino to do the Dunkin' Donuts commercial. When she phones Jack he answers as Jill, and then she hears Pacino, confirming her suspicions. Jack realizes how much he loves his sister and races back to the ship, but learns that Jill has gone back home to the Bronx. At a restaurant on New Year's Eve, there with a picture of the twins' deceased mother, she comes across a group of old classmates that used to make fun of her, led by Monica. They belittle her until Jack and his family show up. Jack and Jill speak in their made-up twin language, then Monica gets Erin in a headlock, but Jill saves her. Pacino also turns up at the party, dressed as the Man of La Mancha, to proclaim his love for Jill. She turns him down and goes home, where Felipe declares his love. She is overjoyed and embraces him.

The television commercial is made, with Pacino starring and singing as he promotes a new coffee -- Dunkaccino -- with a rap song. But when Jack shows it to him, Pacino hates it and tells him to destroy every copy and threaten those who have seen it.

Cast

Cameo appearances
Cameos as themselves

Reception

Critical reception

Jack and Jill has been almost universally panned by critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 3% based on reviews from 100 critics, with a rating average of 2.6 out of 10.[12] 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."[13]

Mary Pols of Time Magazine ranked the film #1 on the Top 10 Worst Movies of 2011.[14] TV Guide included the film on its "The Worst of 2011" list.[15] 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."[16] 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.[17] They would later call it "the worst thing in the world".[17] The film won a total of 10 Razzies in 2012, setting a new record and displacing 2000's Battlefield Earth which had garnered 9 awards.[18]

Despite generally scathing reviews, the film did receive some positive reception. However much of this was seen as a 'one-off' or a surprise in comparison to the rest of the film. Critic Armond White of CityArts/New York Press caused a storm of controversy when praising Jack and Jill, having stated that "Adam Sandler's movies are not 'dumb fun'; maybe that's why they're not in critics favor."[19] Pacino's performance was praised,[20][21] with Rotten Tomatoes calling it an "inexplicably committed performance."[12] 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."[22] 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."[23]

Awards and nominations

In the Golden Raspberry Awards, Jack and Jill was nominated for every single category, and twice for Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress, and won all 10 awards.

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, Jack Giarraputo, and 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 Ensemble Won
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel Ripoff of 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.[24] 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.

See Also

References

  1. ^ "JACK AND JILL (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. November 10, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
  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. ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/jack-and-jill-analyzing-its-box-office-revenue/2011/11/14/gIQA9JH8KN_blog.html
  6. ^ "Adam Sandler movie Jack and Jill sweeps Razzie awards". BBC News. April 2, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  7. ^ Carbone, Nick (February 25, 2012). "And the Worst Film of the Year Is Officially …". TIME. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  8. ^ Germain, David. "Adam Sandler sets worst-movie record as Jack and Jill wins awards in every category at Razzies". The Independent. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  9. ^ "Adam Sandler is Jack and Jill". Sony Pictures. 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  10. ^ Al Pacino, Katie Holmes Join ‘Jack and Jill’. News in Film. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
  11. ^ "Dana Carvey to Make His Comeback in Jack and Jill?". ComingSoon.net. October 4, 2010. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  12. ^ a b "Jack and Jill (2011)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
  13. ^ "Jack and Jill Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  14. ^ Pols, Mary (December 7, 2011). "The Top 10 Everything of 2011 - Jack and Jill". Time. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
  15. ^ "The Worst of 2011 - Jack & Jill". TV Guide. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
  16. ^ Barker, Andrew (November 10, 2011). "New U.S. Release: Jack and Jill". Variety. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
  17. ^ 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).
  18. ^ "Adam Sandler's 'Jack and Jill' Sweeps The Razzies". Hollywood.com. April 2, 2012. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  19. ^ White, Armond (November 11, 2011). "Plumbing Ethnicity: Sandler's Jack, Jill and Tyler Perry". CityArts. New York Press. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  20. ^ Russo, Tom (November 11, 2011). "Jack and Jill: Twice the Sandler, half the fun". Boston.com. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  21. ^ Rainer, Peter (November 11, 2011). "Adam Sandler goes drag for Jack and Jill: movie review". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  22. ^ LaSalle, Mick (November 11, 2011). "'Jack and Jill' review: Jack's funny, Jill's a drag". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
  23. ^ "Jack and Jill: Critic Reviews". Metacritic. 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  24. ^ "'Immortals' #1 With So-So $32M Domestic But $36M Foreign, 'Jack And Jill' $26M". Deadline.com. PMC. November 13, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
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