Ballad Of Jack And Rose on DVD (2005)

creepy!

KATIE from Belfast, N.Ireland [Highly rated reviewer] , 11/05/2007

Thinking this was going to be a heart felt, poinient tale of family love, betrayal and belonging, I was dissapointed. I found the main character, Jack's acting really creepy. His relationship with his daughter Rose, is supposed to be intense fatherly love but their father daughter relationship is so badly acted that it was unbelievable. The result is a creepy old paedophile and a flirty teenager - really uncomfortable.

The two 'step sons' put in excellent performances which nearly save the day, but with the two main characters being so off the boil, it is beyond saving

All too plastic an approach to what could have been a simple but beautiful story. In their attempts to make the whole thing romantic, picturesque and pretty, even the location and settings were OTT and unbelievable. Another badly put together American schmultsy film. Don't bother!

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Worth a watch

DM1 from Sittingbourne , 01/09/2006

An interesting film; not one to watch if you want an easy ride or lots of action, but some good characterisation and fine acting led by Mr. Day-Lewis.

Leaves you with something to think about; a good one for those who like films about people and relationships that aren't the usual Hollywood shallow type.

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Mixed feelings.

A customer from Kent. UK. , 27/02/2007

A complex story exploring the emotional relationship between father and daughter isolated from the 'rat race'.

Day Lewis plays Jack, a father with good intentions turned bad in his attempt to protect his daughter from the corrupt outside world, they live self sufficiantly on a now deserted ex commune, ironically funded by Lewis's inheritance. However this supposed idyllic lifestyle has resulted in creating a naive, inquisitive sociopath in his daughter who demonically resents the intrusion of Jack's previously unknown girlfriend to the island with her two adolescant sons resulting in psychotic chaos and jealousy. Jack has chronic heart failure and was intending to create a new family to look after daughter Rose when he is gone. The plan backfires catastrophically.

I found certain sequences frustratingly devoid of appropriate human dialogue and an in- credible script at times using a minimalist approach which gave a questionable reality to certain scenes. It examines closely the stiflingly unhealthy father/daughter relationship which is borderline incestuous and unravels the slow realisation that Jack has suppressed his daughter from normal develpoment and social interaction to a damaging degree...is it too late for her to survive without him?

Great musical score from Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, John Mayall, etc.

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sensitive but strange

A customer from Enfield , 18/08/2006

Daniel Day Lewis does not disappoint. The story however is complex and leaves alot of questions unanswered. Jack has a very close relationship with his daughter Rose. They live on an island off the mainland alone in the unspoilt wilds, which are threatened by developers. Their relationship turns almost incestuous. Thought provoking.

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Mixed feelings.

A customer from Kent. UK. , 27/02/2007

A complex story exploring the emotional relationship between father and daughter isolated from the 'rat race'.

Day Lewis plays Jack, a father with good intentions turned bad in his attempt to protect his daughter from the corrupt outside world, they live self sufficiantly on a now deserted ex commune, ironically funded by Lewis's inheritance. However this supposed idyllic lifestyle has resulted in creating a naive, inquisitive sociopath in his daughter who demonically resents the intrusion of Jack's previously unknown girlfriend to the island with her two adolescant sons resulting in psychotic chaos and jealousy. Jack has chronic heart failure and was intending to create a new family to look after daughter Rose when he is gone. The plan backfires catastrophically.

I found certain sequences frustratingly devoid of appropriate human dialogue and an in- credible script at times using a minimalist approach which gave a questionable reality to certain scenes. It examines closely the stiflingly unhealthy father/daughter relationship which is borderline incestuous and unravels the slow realisation that Jack has suppressed his daughter from normal develpoment and social interaction to a damaging degree...is it too late for her to survive without him?

Great musical score from Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, John Mayall, etc.

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very strange

kate haffenden from england , 10/09/2006

very strange film,if your into that i suppose is was ok.

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