Jack of the Red Hearts
2015 · Movie · PG · 102 min · ★ 7.1 · 55% critics
A teenage con artist talks her way into a live-in job with a struggling single mother, helping care for her autistic daughter. As the arrangement tests everyone’s trust and patience, the teen is pushed to face responsibility, family bonds, and the consequences of her choices.
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Details
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2016-02-26
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 55/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (108 votes)
About
If you want an emotional, character-driven family drama about second chances and learning through hard experience, this may click; Not for you if you dislike slow-burn, message-forward stories like A Shine of Rainbows.
Pros: heartfelt family drama; strong emotional message; thoughtful look at autism | Cons: familiar story beats; uneven child performance; heavy on sentiment
Themes
- autism
- con artist
- woman director
- mother son relationship
- mother daughter relationship
- brother sister relationship
- autistic
Cast & crew
AnnaSophia Robb
as Jack Ferguson
Famke Janssen
as Kay Adams
Scott Cohen
as Mark Adams
Taylor Richardson
as Glory Adams
Israel Broussard
as Robert Adams
Sophia Anne Caruso
as Bethany "Coke" Ferguson
John D'Leo
as Dudley
Gameela Wright
as Mrs. Maxwell
Drena De Niro
as Elizabeth
Parisa Fitz-Henley
as Cynthia
Directed by Janet Grillo