*ing: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Ryan, John Ortiz, Daphne Rubin Vega
Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy
First thing first ... 'Jack Goes Boating' is a debut for Philip Seymour Hoffman as a director. I like the fact that actors turn into directors and take a backseat behind the camera and sometimes they do a pretty awesome job while behind the lens. Philip Seymour Hoffman does a pretty remarkable job a debutant director. 'Jack Goes Boating' is impressive to say the least. A very simple straight forward story of Jack (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a 40something limo driver leading a pretty much solitary life, unsuccessful in love and has a fellow limo driver Clyde (John Ortiz) as his best friend. Clyde and his wife hook up Jack on a blind date with Connie (Amy Ryan). Jack and Connie develop a liking towards each other and try to break of their shells of shyness and insecurity (Jack's efforts to learn swimming and get rid of the fear for water in order to take Connie boating is noteworthy and forms the core of the plot, hence the title) while on the other hand their friends Clyde and Lucy's marriage is falling apart. Okay ... I guess that's it ... anymore of that plot being revealed and I will be spilling beans which will not be good for those who intend to watch the movie. Anyway, what I really liked about 'Jack Goes Boating' is the quirky humor, subtle romance, the outbursts of emotions, melodrama in general ... overall the movie has a nice feel good factor to it.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1278379/
Rottentomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jack_goes_boating/
Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy
First thing first ... 'Jack Goes Boating' is a debut for Philip Seymour Hoffman as a director. I like the fact that actors turn into directors and take a backseat behind the camera and sometimes they do a pretty awesome job while behind the lens. Philip Seymour Hoffman does a pretty remarkable job a debutant director. 'Jack Goes Boating' is impressive to say the least. A very simple straight forward story of Jack (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a 40something limo driver leading a pretty much solitary life, unsuccessful in love and has a fellow limo driver Clyde (John Ortiz) as his best friend. Clyde and his wife hook up Jack on a blind date with Connie (Amy Ryan). Jack and Connie develop a liking towards each other and try to break of their shells of shyness and insecurity (Jack's efforts to learn swimming and get rid of the fear for water in order to take Connie boating is noteworthy and forms the core of the plot, hence the title) while on the other hand their friends Clyde and Lucy's marriage is falling apart. Okay ... I guess that's it ... anymore of that plot being revealed and I will be spilling beans which will not be good for those who intend to watch the movie. Anyway, what I really liked about 'Jack Goes Boating' is the quirky humor, subtle romance, the outbursts of emotions, melodrama in general ... overall the movie has a nice feel good factor to it.
Bottom-line: Not the 10/10 kinda movie but considering the fact it's a debut venture for an actor as a director and the cast doing a remarkable job with Philip Seymour scoring an ace as the lead character I would give this movie a generous 7/10 :)
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1278379/
Rottentomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jack_goes_boating/
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