3.3 | / 10 |
Users | 3.0 | |
Reviewer | 2.5 | |
Overall | 2.8 |
Jack Sadelstein, a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, who dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his identical twin sister Jill. Jill's neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, turning his normally tranquil life upside down.
Starring: Adam Sandler, Al Pacino, Katie Holmes, Elodie Tougne, Rohan ChandComedy | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
French: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
English, English SDH, French, Spanish
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD)
UV digital copy
DVD copy
BD-Live
Slipcover in original pressing
Region free
Movie | 0.5 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
Burn this. This must never be seen. By anyone.
Jack and Jill is so bad that Jack and Jill actually managed to fall uphill just to get away from it. Jack and Jill is so bad that they
fetched
a pail
in which to vomit. Jack and Jill is so bad that Jack broke himself rather than watch the movie. Jack and Jill is so bad that Jill's
brains came
tumbling from her eye sockets after she ripped out her peepers so as to never have to gaze upon the movie again. Seriously, what in the world was
Adam Sandler thinking? How could the man who once
made movies like Happy Gilmore and Mr. Deeds be reduced to this? It's not like Sandler's movies have ever
been high art, but they've been steady and funny Comedies that maintained a level of respect for the genre and at least made an effort to carry on
the
torch from the heyday of John Candy and Bill Murray. Jack and Jill, however, really scrapes the very bottom of the barrel and is a Bucky Larson-sized insult to the Comedy genre (and poor Nick
Swardson
now has the distinction of appearing in the two worst movies of 2011). Jack and Jill is incredibly annoying, so annoying that whatever it is
that it's trying to accomplish -- make the audience laugh? -- becomes lost under the avalanche of inept scriptwriting, lazy directing, awful character
development, irritating acting, and general stupidity. The good news is that Sandler's next movie has nowhere to go but back up -- hopefully.
Jill and Jack.
It should be old news now that Sony never cuts corners, even when the movie in question stinks. Jack and Jill looks great on Blu-ray, if anyone dares to sit through it. This is another sparkling HD video transfer. As with the best of its kind, it never looks either glossy or flat, instead displaying brilliant clarity, infinite detailing, and gorgeous colors. The movie is vivid and bright, awash in a wide assortment of balanced and accurate colors that never go warm and never go dull. Whether the rainbow of colors on the cruise ship, the myriad of shades on "The Price is Right," balanced flesh tones, warm wooden accents, or bright blue ocean water, every shade is perfectly captured and displayed. Even black levels are nothing short of exemplary. Fine detail is equally mesmerizing. Facial textures are naturally complex, clothing textures are superb right down to the smallest crease and stitch, and every object both large and small, significant and insignificant, appears with the utmost clarity and accuracy. The image is naturally razor-sharp in every single frame. The only drawback is light banding that pops up in a handful of scenes, but otherwise, Jack and Jill represents the peak of Blu-ray brilliance.
Jack and Jill lacks the dynamics of big Action movies, but Sony's DTS-HD MA 5.1 lossless soundtrack is certainly competent and smooth. This is a dialogue-intensive film, and the track handles the spoken word like a champ, which only enhances Jill's voice and thereby lessens the movie further. Otherwise, the track is sparse but nevertheless highly effective in its delivery of any extracurricular sonic elements. Nighttime ambience is delivered with a baseline effectiveness. The basketball sequence features superb crowd atmospherics, and public address announcements come through clearly and with great realism; this sequence does a fine job of transporting the listener to Staples Center. Music enjoys very good presence and spacing, whether as heard during some of the smoother tracks or the more energized ones alike. A whirling helicopter rotor as heard in chapter thirteen represents the track's single-most effective sonic element; the blades slice through the listening area with precision, nicely replicating the sensation of standing beneath the vehicle. Otherwise, this one is all about the spoken word. The track is efficient and plays all it has available in its arsenal with great clarity and ease.
Jack and Jill fortunately spares audiences (and reviewers) from having to endure too many supplements.
Jack and Jill is a terrible movie no matter how one looks at it. Annoying, unfunny, absent a heart, lacking a soul, missing a purpose, they all apply. Adam Sandler's movies have nosedived recently, and when Grown Ups is the best the actor has done of late, it's clear that there are major problems along the assembly line. Yet no matter how awful the movie may be, Sony's Blu-ray will please. Indeed, Jack and Jill features tip-top audio and video along with a few extras. Brilliant though the Blu-ray presentation may be, the movie is too awful to watch. Skip it.
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