Jack the Dog

Jack the Dog is a 2001 American comedy-drama film, written and directed by Bobby Roth and starring Néstor Carbonell, Barbara Williams, Barry Newman, and Anthony LaPaglia. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2001, and was released on DVD in the United States by Rivercoast Films on August 12, 2008. A sequel, Manhood, was released in 2003.

Jack the Dog
Official film poster
Directed byBobby Roth
Produced by
  • Jeffrey White
  • Bobby Roth
  • Margie Glick
  • Jack Baran
Written byBobby Roth
Starring
Music byChristopher Franke
CinematographyGeorg Fick
Edited byMargaret Guinee
Production
company
Jung N Restless Productions
Distributed byRivercoast Films
Release date
  • January 22, 2001 (2001-01-22) (Sundance)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Serial womanizer Jack (Néstor Carbonell) settles down with Faith (Barbara Williams), but when the marriage falls apart due to Jack's desire for women, he has to share custody of their son, Sam (Andrew J. Ferchland). Living with Sam makes Jack slowly change his thinking and way of life.

Cast

Release

The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2001. Rivercoast Films distributed the film through home media in the United States on August 12, 2008.[1]

Reception

Jack the Dog received a mixed to negative response from film critics, and gained a lukewarm reception during its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Todd McCarthy of Variety wrote: "Tale, which lurches along with little sense of pacing or time elapsed, has plenty of niggling problems," and added: "Performances, from the handsome Carbonell to those of Williams as the rhinoceros-hided wife and the many actresses in for literally quickies, are energetic but no more illuminating than the dialogue as to the inner life of their characters."[2]

References
  1. "Jack the Dog: Elizabeth Barondes, Peter Coyote, Bobby Roth". Amazon.com.
  2. McCarthy, Todd (February 8, 2001). "Review: 'Jack the Dog'". Variety.
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