I Feel The Weight of “The Weight”
The Weight is highly recommended, will transport you back to its Great Depression-era setting and will have you rooting for the protagonist harder than most films this year
Jack (1996)
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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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.
Rating:PG-13
Genre:Comedy, Family, Drama
Written By:James DeMonaco, Gary Nadeau
In Theaters:8/9/1996
Box Office:$58,620,973
Runtime:113 minutes
Studio:Hollywood Pictures, Great Oaks Entertainment, American Zoetrope
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