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  • 2016
  • R
  • Momentum Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2016
  • R
  • Momentum Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary Jack Thurlowe (Rory Culkin) is a successful magazine editor with a beautiful fiancée, Cleo (Britt Robertson), who is seven months pregnant with their first child. However, this perfect life is turned upside down when Jack discovers that his parents have suffered a brutal car accident back in his hometown. His beloved father has perished ...

Directed By: Thomas Dekker

Written By: Thomas Dekker

  • 2016
  • R
  • Momentum Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2016
  • R
  • Momentum Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m

Jack Goes Home

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
38
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 12 User Ratings
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Summary Jack Thurlowe (Rory Culkin) is a successful magazine editor with a beautiful fiancée, Cleo (Britt Robertson), who is seven months pregnant with their first child. However, this perfect life is turned upside down when Jack discovers that his parents have suffered a brutal car accident back in his hometown. His beloved father has perished ...

Directed By: Thomas Dekker

Written By: Thomas Dekker

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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13% Positive
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63% Mixed
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25% Negative
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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63% Mixed
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67
Oct 13, 2016
I don’t think anyone outside of Dekker himself can truly unpack the type of psychological chaos occurring within Jack Goes Home, and I like that notion. This is an artist using his medium as an outlet to exorcise demons without necessarily factoring in audience expectations.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 13, 2016
While the movie’s artfully made and daringly disturbing, Dekker ultimately overestimates how many sick twists one motion picture needs.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 12, 2016
Jack Goes Home is a swirling storm of emotional ravaging that’s eventually personified by action, but it never comes together as wicked, cohesive storytelling. Give this one a watch, but just know the risks going in.
By Matt Donato FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 13, 2016
The script, by Mr. Dekker, spirals into a muddle of ambiguity, leaving only the imagery and the performances to save the movie. And try as they might, they cannot.
By Andy Webster FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 13, 2016
There might be a good story somewhere deep inside this tangled narrative, but Dekker seems more focused on creating a succession of "scary" images than he is on that.
By April Wolfe FULL REVIEW
33
Oct 14, 2016
Trimming the film’s manipulations and inessential qualities would only improve it, but judicious editing would leave very little meat on its bones.
By Andrew Crump FULL REVIEW
25
Oct 10, 2016
The film veers almost at random from ghost story to family drama to erotic thriller to black comedy.
By Keith Watson FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Yale Productions, SSS Entertainment, BondIt Media Capital, Isle Empire Pictures
Release Date Oct 14, 2016
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating R
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Tagline Let The Condolences Begin
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