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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.comTwo Jacks is finally more of a curiosity than a viable dramatic event, but its bringing together of Danny and Jack Huston in a pair of tales related to their filmic legacy makes it a pungent if small addition to the legend of the Huston family.
- 60The DissolveNoel MurrayThe DissolveNoel MurrayThe movie as a whole has an immediacy that’s appealing even in its weaker second half.
- 60The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenWritten and directed by Bernard Rose (“Immortal Beloved”), 2 Jacks has a pleasing circular structure, and it doesn’t push the parallels between old and new Hollywood to absurd limits.
- 50New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickDanny Huston looks and sounds like his celebrated father, John, more and more each year, so I enjoyed watching him play a flamboyant and womanizing legendary director not unlike his old man in Bernard Rose’s modest little comedy.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckUltimately, it’s little more than a trifle that’s enlivened by the older Huston’s inevitably referential performance.
- 40Village VoiceInkoo KangVillage VoiceInkoo KangFalse gravity weighs down 2 Jacks, a father-son drama less interested in exploring familial relations than in tut-tutting the millennials.
- 40Los Angeles TimesAnnlee EllingsonLos Angeles TimesAnnlee EllingsonInconsistencies cause more confusion than the magic Rose is presumably going for.
- 30Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghArizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghIf there’s any social commentary being made here, it doesn’t come through in performances so wooden you can’t tell if the actors are that bad or the characters that vapid.
- 20New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanShabby on the surface and indulgent at its core.
- 0Slant MagazineSlant MagazineThe embarrassingly low production value of Bernard Rose's 2 Jacks works symbiotically with the film's botched performances.