The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)
- 6.6
- 1h 52min
- Drama
- 2005-04-08 (USA)
Storyline
1986. Jack Slavin, an engineer by trade, and his mid-teen daughter Rose Slavin live in virtual isolation on what was once a commune that Jack and a group of others built in 1968 on sparsely populated Marsh Island off the U.S. east coast. Rose's mother abandoned them when Rose was five. Jack has passed to Rose a sense of ecological preservation, placing them at odds with Marty Rance, who is building a housing complex on the island on a wetlands. They are able to live this life on the commune property in their ecological bliss due to a sizable inheritance, Jack who will occasionally take out his checkbook in order to solve whatever problem he may be facing. Jack also took Rose out of school when she was eleven as he didn't believe in what the traditional school system was teaching. Their quiet life together is threatened by the fact that Jack has a heart condition which will probably kill him sooner than later. Wanting to ensure that Rose is taken care of after his passing, Jack makes ...
Plot Keywords
death of father, blood stain, altruism, incest, kiss, jealousy, illness, sex, loss of virginity, death, coming of age, father daughter relationship, heart attack, heart disease, commune, environmentalism, virginity, teenage girl, stepbrother stepsister relationship, single parent
Short Review
So we have the Oscar-winning poet laureate's son wasting his and our time in a flower-power-hangover movie that might have been made 25 years ago, though better, by Hal Ashby.
