False gravity weighs down 2 Jacks, a father-son drama less interested in exploring familial relations than in tut-tutting the millennials. Instead of a portrait, director Bernard Rose opts to draw two parallel lines, trace over them with a thick black marker, then shake his head at the second one. Jack Senior (Danny Huston, channeling Jack Nicholson's toothy sexuality and George Clooney's grinning confidence) is a universally beloved but unemployable director—apparently no one watches his very popular films. An off-label version of The Godfather score accompanies Jack as, broke, shameless, and aching for a fistfight, he wanders around mid-century Hollywood to secure financing for his comeback picture. He succeeds only in seducing party-girl Diana (Si...
- 10/16/2013
- Village Voice
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