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Jack of the Red Hearts
Jack of the Red Hearts

Jack of the Red Hearts (2016)

71% User Rating
1h 42min
Drama
Family

A teenage con artist tricks a desperate mother into hiring her as a live-in companion for her autistic daughter.

Janet GrilloDirector

Cast

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AnnaSophia Robb

AnnaSophia Robb

Jack Ferguson

Famke Janssen

Famke Janssen

Kay Adams

Scott Cohen

Scott Cohen

Mark Adams

Taylor Richardson

Taylor Richardson

Glory Adams

Israel Broussard

Israel Broussard

Robert Adams

Sophia Anne Caruso

Sophia Anne Caruso

Bethany "Coke" Ferguson

John D'Leo

John D'Leo

Dudley

Gameela Wright

Gameela Wright

Mrs. Maxwell

Drena De Niro

Drena De Niro

Elizabeth

Parisa Fitz-Henley

Parisa Fitz-Henley

Cynthia

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Maria Rivera

Daisy

Tonye Patano

Tonye Patano

Miz

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Donna Kennedy

Dr. Molina

Omar Maskati

Omar Maskati

Junior

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Chris Jarell

Freddy

Christine Toy Johnson

Christine Toy Johnson

Elaine

Harry Sutton Jr.

Harry Sutton Jr.

Officer Troy

Stephen Hill

Stephen Hill

Officer Mike

Nan-Lyn Nelson

Nan-Lyn Nelson

Lillian

Jenny Jaffe

Jenny Jaffe

Donna

Giullian Yao Gioiello

Giullian Yao Gioiello

Prep School Boy

Ana Maria Jomolca

Ana Maria Jomolca

Foster Mother

Briana Marin

Briana Marin

Scotty's Companion

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Judine Somerville

Administrator

Sejal Shah

Sejal Shah

Friendly Mother

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Preston Fritz Smith

Foster Father (uncredited)

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Leo Hojnowski

Hargrove Boy (uncredited)

Reviews (1)

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Reno
Reno
Rating 90%

June 4, 2016

> The best life lesson comes from our own experience. I recently reviewed a French film called 'Marie's Story', and that led me to check out another masterpiece 'The Miracle Worker'. I loved both the films which are based on the real story that sets around the same time, but in the different continents. This was inspired by those two, other than that there's no connection. In fact they have given a credit by mentioning the Hollywood version. Only a similar theme, but the plot revolves differently. Like it gives an insight of some misconception on the autism. It was actually about a 18 year old rebellious girl Jack, who meets a child with autism. After her young sister was taken away by the child service, she plans to fight back for her custody as they were promised to their mother that they would stay together. Now all she has to do is to find a job, but for her criminal record, she has only one way to get one and she pushes for it. So the story begins when the struggle for her sister guide for a new and unexpected life for both her and the family she meets. The major misunderstanding is it is not all about autism, it was only a part of the story. But the original tale is about a girl whose life transformation from the teenhood to the adulthood. You could say it is a kind of mix of coming-of-age and self-discovery. The phase of that life is very crucial, especially for those who had lost their parents and struggling to find their own place in the society. So the learning process comes from their own experience than anybody's guidance. In that perspective, it was a beautiful and a simple family drama that inspires us. It was not based on the real story, but a very close to one, that's how it leaves the expression on the audience. > "Just felt like my heart was ripped out of my chest and served on a cracker." The girl who played the role of an autistic child was good, not fully impressed, but the effort was highly appreciable. As I said the story's focus was on AnnaSophia Robb, though Famke Janssen has given a decent performance too. Most of the human inventions were the accidents and so the most of the relationships. It is until they meet, the right person for each, then their life would be changed forever. Like perhaps Annie-Helen and Marie-Marguerite from the films I mentioned in the first paragraph. The human bond is very unique, but moving to the modern world's society, the rules have kept changing on treating the individuals because of the status of their life. So for the orphans, especially in the first world countries not easy to tackle such situation. This film highlights some of the issues, where and how the teenagers are getting lost. Love and care are what most essential for the children, that's what family is for and with that kind of support they will achieve good things in life. But not the same case for the orphans who're treated as some kind of robots and forced to do against their will. It is good for their future, but a messed up system and its officials behaving badly like handling a prisoner. That's how Jack looks at from the perspective of her own life, until she meets a family who seek her help and realises the life is not as complicated as it looks, but we've to opt a right path to travel which needs a great sacrifice on the way to accomplish. It is a very good message film. When one fails to realise, just let them to experience themselves until they come to realise. Sometimes it will be too late to begin again, but nothing is impossible. It is very sad that the film is undiscovered by many. It is no masterpiece, but the quest was very clear to depict the world from the teenager's perspective about how they look at the society, especially the system that laid eyes on them when no other eyes are looking after them. I Highly recommended it, especially for the drama fans and the family audience. Perhaps it might be one of the must see from the last year. 8/10

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