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Jack

He's a healthy ten year old who's growing four times faster than normal. Now he's about to take off on the biggest adventure of his life... 5th grade.

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Born with a rare condition that makes him age four times faster than normal, ten-year-old Jack Powell looks like a forty-year-old man. After years of homeschooling, he enters public school for the first time, eager to make friends and live like any other kid—only to discover that growing up too fast means learning some of life’s hardest lessons early.

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Status
Released
Budget
$45M
Box office
$58.6M
Language
English
  • genetics
  • age difference
  • body exchange
  • coming of age

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Behind the camera

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG-139 Aug 1996
    • PhysicalPG-13VHS4 Feb 1997
    • PhysicalPG-13LaserDisc26 Feb 1997
    • PhysicalPG-13DVD3 Aug 2004
    • Digital / OTTPG-13Amazon Prime16 Dec 2013
    • PhysicalPG-13Movies Everywhere12 Oct 2017
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG11 Oct 1996
    • PhysicalPGDVD25 May 1999
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical1331 Oct 1996
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1025 Oct 1996
  • CzechiaCZ

    • TheatricalU14 Nov 1996
  • DenmarkDK

    • PhysicalADVD12 Feb 2001
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical11 Dec 1996
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical65 Jun 1997
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalG1 Mar 1997
    • PhysicalGLaserDisc5 Sept 1997
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical619 Dec 1996
  • RomaniaRO

    • TheatricalAP9 Aug 1996
  • South KoreaKR

    • Theatrical1226 Oct 1996

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Jack was released on 9 August 1996.

Audience reviews

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  • W

    Wuchak

    3/24/2021

    5/10

    _**Robin Williams as a 10 year-old; great cast, but needed a rewrite**_ The Powells in Oakland have a premature baby, whom they name Jack (Robin Williams). The problem is that Jack grows at four times the normal rate and so when he finally is allowed to enter 5th grade at the age of 10 he looks like a 40 year-old man. Diane Lane plays his mother, Bill Cosby his tutor, Jennifer Lopez his teacher and Fran Drescher …

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