Jack and Jill vs. the World (2008)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

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
Chick Roberts	...	Mr Bradley
Joan Gregson	...	Mrs Bradley
Joe Pingue	...	Casting Director
Robin Dunne	...	Gary / Ignatius the Philosophical Clown
Rosa Laborde	...	Tampon Commercial Girl #1
Lara Azzopardi	...	Tampon Commercial Girl #2
Steve Carey	...	Squeegee Kid
Sean T. MacDonald	...	Barry
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joshua Milko	...	Guy in Beer Commercial (uncredited)

Directed by
Vanessa Parise

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Vanessa Parise		writer
Peter Stebbings		writer

Produced by
Robin Dunne	....	co-producer
Jordan Gertner	....	executive producer
Michael Z. Gordon	....	executive producer
Stephen Hays	....	executive producer
Michael Jaffe	....	executive producer
John N. Kozman	....	executive producer
Michael Manshel	....	executive producer
Vanessa Parise	....	producer
Derek Rappaport	....	line producer
Daphne Raves	....	associate producer
Karen Shaw	....	co-producer
Scott J. Sloan	....	executive producer
Mitch Solomon	....	co-producer
Gustavo Spoliansky	....	executive producer
Peter Stebbings	....	associate producer
Nicholas Tabarrok	....	producer

Original Music by
Jeremy Parise

Cinematography by
Manfred Guthe

Film Editing by
Matthew Booth
Gareth C. Scales

Casting by
Jason L. Wood

Production Design by
Peter Cosco

Set Decoration by
Friday Myers

Costume Design by
Maxyne Baker

Makeup Department
Patricia Medina	....	key hair stylist
Tim Mogg	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Randy Kumano	....	production manager
Daniel Voltz	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Antoniuk	....	first assistant director
Darrin Brown	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Andrew Chiu	....	storyboard artist
Chris J. Gotzamanis	....	assistant art director
Winston Hacking	....	set dresser
Andrea Kristof	....	assistant art director
Brett Long	....	set dresser
Kenny Meinzinger	....	property master
Andrij Molodecky	....	property master
Tanya Nesi	....	on-set dresser
Jennifer Wood	....	set buyer

Sound Department
Andrew Chiu	....	second boom operator
Jake Eberle	....	supervising sound editor
Mark Ettel	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jeremy Gray	....	studio engineer
Zach Hunter	....	boom operator
Erika Schengili-Roberts	....	sound mixer

Visual Effects by
Kyle Boylen	....	compositor
Evan Ghigliotty	....	digital compositor
Noel Hooper	....	visual effects supervisor
David Fred Masselink	....	digital optical compositor
John Moores	....	digital compositor
Nicholas Sorenson	....	digital artist
Christa Tazzeo	....	visual effects producer
David Van Woert	....	visual effects producer

Stunts
Randy Butcher	....	stunt coordinator
Blair Johannes	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Justin J. Chambers	....	grip
Wilkin Chau	....	grip
Martha Guy	....	still photographer
Ben Mark Holzberg	....	still photographer
John Vrakking	....	key grip

Casting Department
Marjorie Lecker	....	casting: Canada

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ariella Berbrier	....	wardrobe supervisor
Lucy Loranger	....	wardrobe truck supervisor

Editorial Department
Rachel Eisengart	....	assistant editor
Heath Fashina	....	assistant editor
Chris Haufe	....	colorist
Drew Kilcoin	....	assistant editor
Sara Mineo	....	first assistant editor
Greg O'Bryant	....	additional editor
Joe Parisella	....	digital color timer

Music Department
Keith C. Anderson	....	music consultant
Lindsay McCall	....	assistant music supervisor
John Rowley	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Alan Abrams	....	production legal
Gero Brugmann	....	legal advisor: financing
Anneli Ekborn	....	co-production coordinator
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond company representative
Adam Henry	....	production assistant
Lynn Josephson	....	executive assistant to executive producer
Allison Mella Strina	....	business and legal affairs (as Allison J. Mella)
Tanya Nesi	....	product placement
Karmena Svilans	....	production assistant
Derek Ursacki	....	second assistant accountant
Julie Anne Wight	....	director's assistant: Los Angeles

Thanks
Andrew Burwick	....	very special thanks
Casey Gallagher	....	very special thanks
Samantha Luks	....	very special thanks
Dan Mufson	....	very special thanks
Kathleen O'Donnell	....	very special thanks
Kenya and Geoffrey Thompson-Leonardelli	....	very special thanks
Barry Tropp	....	very special thanks
Lesley Weaver	....	very special thanks
Diane Zilka	....	very special thanks

Production Companies

• Empera Pictures
• Myriad Pictures
• Magnet Management
• Lucky Dog Film Group
• Darius Films
• Hudson River Entertainment
• Pharaon Films

Distributors

• Lantern Lane Entertainment (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• EuroVideo (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• First Look International (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Laptv (2009) (Argentina) (TV)
• Mondo Home Entertainment (2009) (Italy) (all media)

Special Effects

• Invisible Pictures (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Identity Studios  digital effects
• Magic Film and Video Works  negative cutting
• Toronto Film Studios  movie studio

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: When Jill and Jack are talking about happiness and drinking from the green bottles at about 17 minutes into the movie, Jill gets up and asks Jack if he is happy. She puts her forehead against his. In the next shot, her head is several inches away from his.

Sweet Little Movie

In Manhattan, the successful executive Jack (Freddie Prinze Jr.) is a methodical and controlled man with simple habits that works in an advertisement agency with his coworker George (Peter Stebbings). While smoking a cigarette on the roof of the building of the agency, Jack meets the aspirant actress Jill (Taryn Manning) that has just arrived in New York and is seeking a job. He sympathizes with her situation and gives her name to a Klubendorf commercial in the campaign promoted by his agency. When he takes Jill home, he finds that she lives in a very low-budget hotel and out of the blue, he invites her to stay in the guest room of his fancy apartment for a while. Jill changes the behavior of Jack that becomes happier, and proposes Jack to write together a manifesto where the first rule is "be honest". However, she omits to Jack that she is sick with cystic fibrosis and she would have only a couple of years more. When Jack discovers that Jill is ill, he feels betrayed with her violation of their first rules, and they split. But Jack is changed and sooner he decides to seek out Jill.

I was looking forward for the next work of Vanessa Parise since the lovely "Kiss the Bride", where this director and actress develops the themes family, relationship, feelings and love in a nice low-budget movie. "Jack and Jill vs. the World" is a sweet little movie about happiness, sympathy, love, illness and commitment with two lead characters that have opposite behaviors and backgrounds, but feel attracted for each other. The story has potential and seems to be slightly inspired in "Storie di Ordinaria Follia", but is predictable and entertaining. However the screenplay could be improved with a better development of Jack and Jill characters in the very beginning; the health situation of Jill could be deeper and more dramatic; the relationship of Jack and his father Norman could be also better explored since it is one of the best moments of the movie: and last but not the least, the conclusion is not well-resolved and needed some improvements. But in my opinion, there are unfair reviews in IMDb. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Regras do Amor" ("Rules of the Love")