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Jack Goes Boating

2 Ratings: 3.5

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Jack Goes Boating is a 2007 play by Bob Glaudini. An unconventional romantic comedy set in the midst of working-class New York City life, Jack Goes Boating's original production was directed by Peter Dubois and starred Phillip … see full wiki

Tags: Movie, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, John Ortiz, Daphne Rubinvega, Beth Cole, Jack Goes Boating

Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Ortiz, Amy Ryan, Thomas McCarthy, Richard Petrocelli

Director: Philip Seymour Hoffman

Genre: Comedy

Release Date: 23 September 2010 (USA)

MPAA Rating: R

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review by gradyharp. June 14, 2011

Attempting Reconstruction

JACK GOES BOATING sneaks up on you. With a very small cast, very little dialogue, slow movement, and stuttered sound this little film slowly unravels a story about reconstructing tenuous lives for two awkward and damaged people who wrongly place their role models in the personas of pathological people. Robert Glaudini wrote the play on which this film is based and then thankfully wrote the screenplay for its transfer to film. Philip Seymour Hoffman produces, directs and stars, and once again proving … more

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review by ryguy4738. February 05, 2011

posted in Movie Hype

Treading Dark and Murky Waters.

*** out of **** Why is Philip Seymour Hoffman always in such depressing movies? His 2007 drama "The Savages" was enough to piss some depression-haters off, while his 2009 animated gem "Mary and Max" wasn't exactly a "happy" film either. "Jack Goes Boating" is a typically Hoffman film; depressing but deep. The only catch is that Hoffman directed the film, making it his directorial debut. Hoffman doesn't really deliver anything new with this film; although he manages to make … more

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