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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, Subtitled
Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis, Catherine Keener, Camilla Belle, Beau Bridges, Jason Lee and Jena Moalone star in this moving coming-of-age story set on a remote East Coast Island.
"The sheer talent of the great Daniel Day-Lewis carries the film...making the movie, first and foremost, another showcase for the world's most gifted actor." Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Daily News
"It's hard not to sing the praises of The Ballad of Jack & Rose." Jeff Strickler, MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
"Miller's films take us into moments of lives that we feel we should not be watching; their intimacies are as skinless and raw as their rite-of-passage situations." Paula Nechak, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Editor's Note
Writer-director Rebecca Miller's third film (following ANGELA and PERSONAL VELOCITY) is a powerful, poignant drama about a father and daughter living on their own on the outskirts of nowhere, just as developers are starting to move in. Daniel Day-Lewis (Miller's husband) stars as Jack Slavin, a 1960s holdover who is a man of the earth, working the land and defending his territory while eschewing such modernities as television. Jack is devoted to his daughter, Rose (Camilla Belle), a 16-year-old girl who is equally as devoted to him. But Jack is sick, so he asks his girlfriend, Kathleen (Catherine Keener), along with her two sons, Rodney (Ryan McDonald) and Thaddius (Paul Dano), to come from the mainland and move in with them, thinking they can be Rose's family once he dies. But Rose begins to act out in dangerous ways, threatening to severely damage the already fragile relationships that are developing. Day-Lewis gives a shattering, emotional performance as Jack, and he is matched well with Belle, who seems wise beyond her years. Filmed on location on Prince Edward Island, THE BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE is a harrowing, intimate film set in a beautiful, lush land.This film screened at the 2005 SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Widescreen Version Enhanced For 16:9 TVs |
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Release Information
| | Studio: MGM |
| Release Date: 2/5/2008 |
| Running Time: 112 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2005 | | Catalog ID: 1008935 | | UPC: 00027616929150 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Movieline's Hollywood Life
"The close encounters with this ragtag group crackle with humor, drama and suspense..." 02/01/2005 p.86-88Entertainment Weekly
"A hauntingly beautiful elegy for the loss of life and innocence..." 04/01/2005 p.47-48 Chicago Sun-Times
"[A]n absorbing experience." 04/01/2005 p.30 Sight and Sound
"Ellen Kuras' lush, nature-worshipping cinematography establishes a dreamy atmosphere at the film's start..." 04/01/2006 p.45 Uncut
3 stars out of 4 -- "A real curiosity....Never predictable." 09/01/2006 p.126 Ultimate DVD
3 stars out of 5 -- "Beautifully shot and acted with an aching vulnerability....[The film] reaches both a tragic and cathartic conclusion." 09/01/2006 p.214 James Berardinelli's ReelViews 8 of 10
The Ballad of Jack & Rose is a low-key character study about a father and daughter whose idyllic lifestyle is interrupted by the arrival of three newcomers. Not much happens in this film beyond the evolution of the characters and their relationships. Certainly, no one is the same at the end as they are at the beginning. This is where writer/director Rebecca Miller (Personal Velocity) succeeds - she breathes life into these individuals and allows them to emerge from the screen. - James Berardinelli
The New York Times 6 of 10
...Mr. Day-Lewis...overwhelms the screen, which poses a problem not only for his female co-stars, neither of whom has enough to work with, but also for his director. The Ballad of Jack and Rose is the third feature from the restlessly ambitious Ms. Miller, whose earlier films were Angela and Personal Velocity. With this one, Ms. Miller has attempted to elevate a small Oedipal story about two damaged souls into a grandiloquent epic, Shakespeare by way of Bob Dylan. She misses by a significantly wide mark, largely because she loves her monster too much and his victim too little. - Manohla Dargis
Chicago Sun-Times 8 of 10
The Ballad of Jack & Rose is an absorbing experience. Consider the care with which Miller handles a confrontation between Jack and the home-builder. Countless cliches are sidestepped when Jack finally sees their conflict for what it is, not right against wrong, but "a matter of taste." Is it idealistic to want a whole island to yourself, and venal to believe that other people might enjoy having homes there? - Roger Ebert
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