Jack and Jill vs. the World (2008)

Director:

Vanessa Parise

Writers:

Vanessa Parise (writer)
Peter Stebbings (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

They're young. They're daring. And ready for anything. Just not each other.

Plot:

Jack is a NYC advertising exec with a life as glossy as the ads he spins. Jill is new to the city, with nothing to stand on but her fiery personality and romantic ideals. Opposites attract, and together they author their own manifesto of "rules to live by." But Jill betrays Jack by violating rule one - Be Honest.

Plot Keywords:

Cystic Fibrosis | Versus In Title | Period In Title | Character Name In Title

Cast

Freddie Prinze Jr.	...	Jack
Taryn Manning	...	Jill
Peter Stebbings	...	George
Ingrid Doucet	...	Sally
Lisa Ciara	...	Amberly
Darrin Brown	...	T-Bone
Claudia Besso	...	Melony
Krista Sutton	...	Emily
Julian Richings	...	Mr. Smith
Vanessa Parise	...	Lucy
Robert Forster	...	Norman
Ethan Penner	...	Wyatt
Hannah Lochner	...	Holly
Kelly Rowan	...	Kate
Charles Martin Smith	...	Carlin

Also Known As:

Dick and Jane vs. the World (Canada: English title) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and brief strong language.

Runtime:

Argentina:90 min | Netherlands:89 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:M | Netherlands:AL | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Empera Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: Freddie has a large tattoo of a dragon on his upper left arm that frequently changes to his right arm throughout the film where the picture is reversed left to right.

Why Freddie?

This movies predictability was predictable, nothing fresh or new in anyway. I do think Freddie Prinze Jr. is actually a good actor but either his choices in movies or the movies that come his way all suck, pretty much. Taryn Manning did some good supporting work in Hustle & Flow but a full movie with her as the female lead is just to much of her and that voice for anyone to take. The movie jumps into it's story way to fast almost as fast as the two characters jump into bed. I assume the narration is suppose to do all the introductions of these characters, but at a whole three minutes worth, that's not enough to make me give a crap. The only remotely positive thing about this film was Prinze's character's job and the characters there, if only the movie would have been based around that and dropped the girl they may have had something. The typical romantic comedy best friend character on the guy side of things was in fact funny a couple times, so I guess not a complete waste. I'm sure are a few girls out there that think calling a bomb threat into their boyfriends place of business so you can reconcile things with him is romantic, I see it as illegal. Just like making a totally unoriginal movie should be.