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Don't listen to the negative reviews

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

In Short: This is a gritty portrayal of the life of the "kid no one likes". We all knew someone like that in school. Like it or not, this is what the youth of today are like. The backstabbing, the violence, the pure hatred of rivals. It's real.To survive adolescence nowadays, in an environment similar to Jack's, it's akin to going to war everyday. The methods of the bully may have changed over time, but the point of the bully remains the same: to scare and intimidate the bullied into submission.Two things you may LIKE about "King Jack":+ The acting; not just with script delivery but expressive emotions; to make this story really work, an actor needs to expose a part of them they may not like; kudos to Charlie Plummer (Jack) and Danny Flaherty (Shane). + The script; written and directed by Felix Thompson; if you were a bully or the bullied, this will trigger something in you.Two things you may NOT LIKE about "King Jack":+ The script; (see above) + The violence and aggression; it may be a little overboard and hard to believe at times.

SPOILER ALERTS: I will give the movie one bit of credit: The acting of the lead character is good. Other than that, the plot is not worth the time to watch. Not one character is this movie is believable, the mother is incompetent,(her son gets beat up so bad that he ends up in the hospital and she is OK that he doesn't want to talk about it); the older brother is a born loser; the bullies are sociopaths; the girls are foul-mouthed, dirty-minded ding bats; and the main character is a masochist. He defaces the bully's garage in daylight no less, and then gets beat up; he calls his tormentors foul names and gets beat up; he hits his tormentor with a rock and gets beat up; he texts a girl a picture of his privates and is surprised when she shares it with others. Then he turns coward when his smaller cousin gets abused. The description of the movie is the boy is bullied. No: he is assaulted, assaulted with a deadly weapon, the young boy is kidnapped with unlawful restraint and at no time does anyone call the police or file charges. These acts go way beyond bullying: these are felony acts that would put the tormentors away for a long time. And at the end we are suppose to believe that there is a small act of redemption. The only believable person in the whole movie is the small cousin and he has such a small role. Well if one wants to spend 80 minutes watching a kid get beat up, and hearing kids use the F bomb over and over. Be my guest. By the way, where in the heck are the parents of all these teenagers? Do they not exist?

A well acted drama about life in a American small-town for a teenage boy outcast.What I like is that it holds nothing back, the characters feel very much real and the dialog is explicit and the darker themes are portrayed as ugly as they are in real life.So although it is a movie about kids, it's not necessarily FOR kids. In fact some scenes are rather disturbing and of adult matter so one could argue the complete opposite.The style of the movie is a bit reminiscent of David Gordon Green's indie-dramas and it will be interesting to see what the director Felix Thompson will do next, hopefully this movie will be his big break, it's certainly worthy of attention.Good soundtrack as well.

I attended Tribeca Film Festival 2015 to screen 'King Jack', this was followed by a QNA with director Felix Thompson along with the cast and crew.I had only read a brief summary for this film before viewing as I wanted to be spontaneous. From start till finish it really kept my mouth open. King Jack is played by Charlie Plummer, the story follows a boy growing up in a suburban area. Normally day consists of neglect and bullying. Due to his aunt becoming sick, his cousin Ben played by Cory Nichols has to stay with Jack and his family and this is the last thing that Jack needs right now. With problems already occurring in Jack's life, his cousin gets involved with Jack as he deals with his reality.This movie beautifully analyses the use of friendship and finding that point were you have a real emotion towards someone. Turning that mood where you have no feelings to one that allow you to open up. This perfectly describes a young boy's childhood in these kind of circumstances. As a directorial debut Felix Thompson completely won me over with a rather funny first shot involved with a garage until the beautiful ending that concluded a magnificent film that I will most certainly catch again.