Jackie (2012)
Jackie (2012)
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | PAL 16:9 | 01:36:00 | 4,35 Gb
Audio: English-Dutch AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps | Subs: English, Dutch (both for foreign parts only)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | PAL 16:9 | 01:36:00 | 4,35 Gb
Audio: English-Dutch AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps | Subs: English, Dutch (both for foreign parts only)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Director: Antoinette Beumer
Two very different twin sisters from the Netherlands (real-life siblings Carice and Jelka van Houten) travel to America to help out the mother they have never met (Academy Award winner Holly Hunter) in Dutch director Antoinette Beumer's heartwarming, cross-cultural take on the classic American road movie.
IMDB
Wince-worthingly announcing itself as the bonding roadtrip type where strength is in the numbers, secrets will be revealed and internal struggles will be projected onto those that are within arms’ length distance, by design, helmer Antoinette Beumer’s formulaic Jackie covers no new ground with its let’s throw caution to the wind epiphanies, and digs a hole for itself fairly early on when trying to insert comedic elements in what is essentially a watered-downed dramatic feature. A pro women, family values and same-gender relationships, this mostly Dutch despite Amerciana landscape struggles because of its severe lack of emotional depth and vaguely sketched characters.
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Scribes Marnie Blok and Karen Van Holst Pellekaan’s portrait is one of newly tacked on life lessons told via the POV of a pair of mid 30-ish non identical twins (the miscast Van Houten sisters) who must trek from their native Holland to Mid-West America to come to the aid of their never before seen mother – a Holly Hunter in a Wyatt Earp type matriarch role. The improbable premise charts the estrogen filled family reunification pointing westwards, cowboy country is covered with a clunky Winnebago and populated with conversations that start, but quickly end when the characters dart, making for a collection of tantrum filled tirades that come across as a succession of false one notes.
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When Hunter’s character thankfully does decide to break out of her mute state, a family trait that she does not share with her Dutch offspring, the trio oddly don’t do much in terms of making up for lost time, instead it is their journey, and clashing egos that fills up the narrative tank. As a fear confronting drama about dealing with the past and present day relationships, Jackie comes across as one-noted with its men are jerks deflections and as a sweet-nature comedy, when it comes to stretched RV homes of the sort, one might be better off sticking to Alexander Payne types. And when this collective journey arrives at its final pit stop — one can’t help but think that the anti-climatic ending could have made for an excellent middle point.
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Raised in Amsterdam by a gay couple, twins Sofie and Daan (played by real-life sisters Carice and Jelka van Houten) could not be more different. Sofie is an uncompromising workaholic with few close relationships; Daan, meanwhile, is a warm free spirit, but is married to a man who doesn’t share her outlook on life. Despite their pronounced dissimilarities, the sisters have been able to maintain a close bond over the years — but when they receive an out-of-the-blue phone call from Jackie, the biological mother they have never met (Academy Award® winner Holly Hunter), personalities clash, values are tested, and cultures collide.
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When the perennially enthusiastic Daan manages to coax the reluctant Sofie to the U.S. to finally meet their mother, neither sister is prepared for what awaits them. A former hippie living in a rundown mobile home, Jackie is gruff, standoffish and, at first, refuses to speak — and this despite the fact that she needs her long-estranged progeny to drive her to a faraway rehabilitation centre to get treatment for her severely fractured leg. But the task turns out to be more difficult than anticipated. Over the course of the journey, as the women bond over snake bites, country karaoke bars, and a night spent stranded in the desert, Jackie’s down-to-earth approach to life tests the connection between the contrasting sisters, and causes them to re-evaluate the relationships back home that may not be working — and Jackie gathers the courage to confront the regrets of her checkered past.
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It’s hard to imagine a more ideal trio of actresses for this story. Carice van Houten has already attracted international attention with her star-making performance in Paul Verhoeven’s Black Book, and she is fully matched by her younger sister Jelka, making a sterling debut on the international scene after her extensive work in Dutch film and television. The always compelling Hunter, meanwhile, is magnetic as the nearly silent matriarch of this fractured clan. Under the assured direction of Antoinette Beumer, Jackie is a stirring, cross-cultural take on the classic American road movie.
Jackie (2012)
Thoroughly enjoyed this road movie that made me forget I watched it with my friends. There is a good mix between drama and humor. The dutch actresses (sisters Van Houten) act very natural and the American (Holly Hunter) actress acts intriguing. You follow the journey of the Dutch sisters with their long lost Americain mother. Although a difficult process the journey leads to some insight in their lives. It clarifies the way they live their life. By driving their mother round they also add value to her miserable life. The music adds to the atmosphere of the movie that ends with a nice twist in the tale. The story is simple and not flawless, but overall I give it a 8 because of the good mix of drama, humor and atmosphere.IMDB Reviewer
Jackie (2012)
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