Jack
Jack Powell is about to tackle his biggest adventure ever... the fifth grade!
6.3 / 10
113 minutes
1996-08-09
English
US
Actors :
Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Brian Kerwin, Jennifer Lopez, Bill Cosby, Fran Drescher, Adam Zolotin, Irwin Corey, Jurnee Smollett, Ashlee Lauren, Mario Yedidia, Michael McKean, Todd Bosley, Seth Smith, Don Novello
Description
Jack Powell suffers from an affliction that makes him grow four times faster than normal, so the 10 year old boy looks like a 40 year old man. After years of being tutored at home, Jack convinces his overprotective parents to send him to public school. The children don't know what to make of Jack, but with the help of his fifth-grade teacher, he makes an effort to win them over.
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Wuchak
6/23/2021, 3:58:53 PM
_**Robin Williams as a 10 year-old; great cast, but needed a rewrite**_ The Powells in Oakland have a premature baby, whom they name Jack (Robin Williams). The problem is that Jack grows at four times the normal rate and so when he finally is allowed to enter 5th grade at the age of 10 he looks like a 40 year-old man. Diane Lane plays his mother, Bill Cosby his tutor, Jennifer Lopez his teache...