2015 · drama · coming-of-age
King Jack
Directed by Felix Thompson1h 21m2015
Growing up in a rural town filled with violent delinquents, Jack has learned to do what it takes to survive, despite having an oblivious mother and no father. After his aunt falls ill and a younger cousin comes to stay with him, the hardened 15-year-old discovers the importance of friendship, family, and looking for happiness even in the most desolate of circumstances.
Our read: King Jack (2015) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · coming-of-age entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / coming-of-age, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- intimate
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