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Jack And Sarah
1995
In this charming British romantic comedy, Jack (Richard E, Grant), a recently widowed father, quickly learns that his yuppie lifestyle and workaholic ways don't mesh too well with a new baby's needs. Overwhelmed by the responsibilities of caring for his infant daughter, he hires Amy (Samantha Mathis), an American waitress, to .. Read more
| Starring | Richard E. Grant, Samantha Mathis, Judi Dench, David Swift |
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| Director | Tim Sullivan |
| Genres | Comedy, Romance |
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Jack And Sarah
In this charming British romantic comedy, Jack (Richard E, Grant), a recently widowed father, quickly learns that his yuppie lifestyle and workaholic ways don't mesh too well with a new baby's needs. Overwhelmed by the responsibilities of caring for his infant daughter, he hires Amy (Samantha Mathis), an American waitress, to be the baby's nanny. Though she's completely inexperienced, Amy soon turns out to be the only voice of reason in Jack's chaotic world. The film also stars Judi Dench and Ian McKellen in supporting roles.
| Starring | Richard E. Grant, Samantha Mathis, Judi Dench, David Swift, Eileen Atkins, Ian McKellen, Cherie Lunghi, Imogen Stubbs |
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| Director | Tim Sullivan |
| Studio | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 45 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, Romance |
| Language | English |
| Dubbed | French, Spanish |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish |
| Released | DVD: 23 Jul 2001 Production year: 1995 |
| Format | DVD |
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In this refreshing British spin on an ever-popular formula — men coping with babies — Richard E Grant stars as the high-flying lawyer who becomes a bumbling single father when his wife dies in childbirth. Samantha Mathis plays the visiting American who is roped into being the child's nanny and falls for her employer. Grant and Mathis are appealing leads, but it is the classy hamming of Ian McKellen, as a tramp-cum-butler, and Judi Dench that steals the show, while director Tim Sullivan just about succeeds in keeping sentimentality at bay.
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As English as it gets, this romantic comedy about a one-parent family is not without a modest charm. Jack (Grant) loses... read more on Time Out
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9 out of 9 people found this review helpful
A great film to watch again and again.
Hadn't seen this movie for many years and almost forgot how good it is. Jack a high flying lawyer who looses his wife in child birth - it sounds very depressing but in actual fact it deals with this both sensitively and with a great deal of humour. It is a heart warming tale of a father coming to terms and coping with child care as a single parent with the aid of a nanny. Great to watch again.
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9 out of 9 people found this review helpful
A great film to watch again and again.
Hadn't seen this movie for many years and almost forgot how good it is. Jack a high flying lawyer who looses his wife in child birth - it sounds very depressing but in actual fact it deals with this both sensitively and with a great deal of humour. It is a heart warming tale of a father coming to terms and coping with child care as a single parent with the aid of a nanny. Great to watch again.
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Grant gets Edinburgh Film Festival underway
- 18 Aug 2005
The Edinburgh Film Festival has opened with Wah-Wah, the directorial debut of Richard E Grant. The film boasts a strong cast including Gabriel Byrne, Emily Watson, Miranda Richardson and Julie Walters. The film tells the story of a family in Swaziland as British rule comes to a close, a far cry from films Grant starred in such as Withnail And I, Jack And Sarah and Spice World. Some 50 films will enjoy their first screening at the festival, including another British offering, Asylum, which... Read more
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