Jack and Jill Review

Jack and Jill


Release Date: 1st December 2011 - Australia


Production Companies
Columbia Pictures (presents)
Broken Road Productions
Happy Madison Productions

Distribution
Sony Pictures Australia


Genre: Comedy

Rating: PG

Runtime: 91 minutes


Budget: $79,000,000

Box Office Gross: $149,673,788 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary
Jack Sadelstein is a successful
advertising executive based

in Los Angeles, who has a 

beautiful wife and children.
Every year, he dreads one

event each year: his
identical twin sister Jill's

visit at Thanksgiving.

Jack's typically serene life

is completely thrown into

disarray by Jill's neediness

and passive-agressiveness.

The situation becomes

even more chaotic for Jack

when Jill decides to extend

her visit-and there's no sign

of her ever leaving!

Cast
Adam Sandler - Jack/Jill
Sadelstein
Al Pacino - Himself
Katie Holmes - Erin
Sadelstein

Elodie Tougne - Sofia
Sadelstein
Rohan Chand - Gary
Sadelstein
Eugenio Derbez - Felipe/
Felipe's Grandma
Tim Meadows - Ted
Nick Swardson - Todd
Allen Covert - Joel Farley/Otto
Geoff Pierson - Carter Simmons
Valerie Mahaffey - Bitsy
Simmons
Gad Elmaleh - Xavier
Jake Pennington - Sadelstein
Cousin
Gary Valentine - Dallas
Kristin Davis - Delilah
David Spade - Damien Farley/
Monica (Cameo)
Johnny Depp - Himself (Cameo)
Dennis Dugan - Henry
Shaquille O'Neal - Himself (Cameo)
Drew Carey - Himself (Cameo)
Jared Fogle - Himself (Cameo)
Dana Carvey - Scrapply Puppeteer
George Gray - Himself (Cameo)
Billy Blanks - Himself (Cameo)
Bruce Jenner - Himself (Cameo)
Lamar Odom - Himself (Cameo)
Vince Offer - Himself (Cameo)
Regis Philbin - Himself (Cameo)

Crew
Director - Dennis Dugan
Story - Ben Zook
Screenplay/Executive Producer - Steve Koren
Screenplay/Producer - Adam Sandler
Executive Producers - Allen Covert,

Robert Smigel, Barry Bernardi, Tim Herlihy

and Bettina Sofia Viviano
Producers - Todd Garner and Jack Giarraputo
Co-Producer/Music Supervisor - Kevin Grady
Production Designer - Perry Andelin Blake

Art Directors - Alan Au and John Collins

Set Decorator - Ronald R. Reiss

Property Master - Timothy Wiles
Special Effects Makeup - Tony Gardner

Makeup Department Head - Ann Pala
Costume Designer - Ellen Lutter
Director of Photography - Dean Cundey

Camera Operator - Casey Hotchkiss 

Second Unit Director - Tyler Spindel

Stunt Coordinator - Scott Rogers

Special Effects Coordinator - Larz Anderson 

Visual Effects Supervisor - Dan DeLeeuw

Visual Effects Supervisor: Method Studios -

Thomas J. Smith

Visual Effects Supervisor: Atomic Fiction -

Ryan Tudhope

Visual Effects Producer: Atomic Fiction -

Kevin Baillie

Animation Supervisor: Atomic Fiction -

Jenn Emberly 

Editor - Tom Costain

Supervising Sound Editors - Russell Farmaco

and Elmo Weber

Re-Recording Mixers - Tateum Kohut

and Greg Orloff
Music - Rupert Gregson-Williams and
Waddy Watchtel

Music Supervisors - Michael Dilbeck

and Brooks Arthur

Score Mixer - Alan Meyerson


Review

JACK AND JILL is a movie that tries so hard to be wildly amusing, with Adam Sandler playing the dual role of twins, one of whom is a woman. It wasn't the first time Sandler had been in a film, which was a huge disappointment. Take Little Nicky, for example. They are shameless attempts by the comedian, as they would have damaged his career. His performance as the twin sister was too dreadful and obnoxious to portray, and he may look ridiculous in drag. The product placement and subplot were redundant and had no trace of comical value or importance whatsoever. There are some bits of humour that I find funny. It features Al Pacino (you know him from the most unfriendly movies), whose performance is the standout in this film. What surprised me was not just Johnny Depp's cameo appearance, but also the naughty cockatoo who steals the show.

Honestly, JACK AND JILL is not a good movie for everyone. Some people who liked Adam Sandler and his films, such as Happy Gilmore and other favourites, would admit this feature was terrible.

Star rating: (2/5) Bad Movie

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