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09/08/1996 Comedy, Family, Drama 1h 53m
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He's a healthy ten year old who's growing four times faster than normal. Now he's about to take off on the biggest adventure of his life... 5th grade.

Overview

Born with a rare condition that makes him age four times faster than normal, ten-year-old Jack Powell looks like a forty-year-old man. After years of homeschooling, he enters public school for the first time, eager to make friends and live like any other kid—only to discover that growing up too fast means learning some of life’s hardest lessons early.

  1. Francis Ford Coppola

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Robin Williams

    Jack Powell

  2. Diane Lane

    Karen Powell

  3. Brian Kerwin

    Brian Powell

  4. Jennifer Lopez

    Miss Marquez

  5. Bill Cosby

    Lawrence Woodruff

  6. Fran Drescher

    Dolores Durante

  7. Adam Zolotin

    Louis Durante

  8. Irwin Corey

    Poppy

  9. Jurnee Smollett

    Phoebe

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2021-03-24
_**Robin Williams as a 10 year-old; great cast, but needed a rewrite**_

The Powells in Oakland have a premature baby, whom they name Jack (Robin Williams). The problem is that Jack grows at four times the normal rate and so when he finally is allowed to enter 5th grade at the age of 10 he looks like a 40 year-old man. Diane Lane plays his mother, Bill Cosby his tutor, Jennifer Lopez his teacher and Fran Drescher a single mother who’s attracted to him.

“Jack” (1996) takes the basic topic of “Big” (1988) and mixes it with the awkwardness of “Milk Money” (1994). It tries to b...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$45,000,000.00

Revenue
$58,620,973.00

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