Jack and Diane

United States

2012

93 Min

Color

1.85:1

English

Currently 2.4/5 Stars.
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EXEC Rui Costa Reis, Eliad Josephson, Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli

PROD So Yong Kim, Bradley Rust Gray, Jen Gatien, Karin Chien

CAST Juno Temple, Riley Keough, Cara Seymour, Jena Malone, Kylie Minogue, Leo Fitzpatrick, Dane DeHaan, Haviland Morris, David Villalobos, Neal Huff

ANIM Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay

SOUND Kent Sparling

Tribeca (World Narrative Feature Competition), Locarno (International Competition)

Synopsis

Tomboy Jack and bubbly Diane fall head over heels in love one hot summer in New York City. When Diane reveals she must leave the city for school in Europe, their budding love is tested. Weaving horror elements into a distinctive and fresh yet timeless and universal first-love story, TFF alum Bradley Rust Gray (The Exploding Girl) brings his unique vision to this idiosyncratic story of the joys and terrors of first love. –Tribeca Film Festival

Director

Bradley Rust Gray

Bradley Rust Gray (b. 1971, Kettering, Ohio) works in partnership with his wife So Yong Kim. He produced her films Treeless Mountain and In Between Days. Prior to producing these films, Gray directed the Icelandic feature film Salt. Gray has master’s degrees from USC and the British Film Institute and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. —TribecaFilm.com

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Ally

31Mar13

Two positive things for me: 1. The dialogue was very much that of awkward teenagers. I enjoyed the overuse of the word "like." 2. Short haired grungy Riley Keough is now one of my dream girls. However, with this said, portions the plot and the werewolf segments were just unnecessary. Which is sad for me to say considering how long I had been waiting on the movie. I had pictured something a little more "Ginger Snaps."

Seth

10Mar13

Riley Keough seemed to be channeling late-'90s Joshua Jackson in this. A tougher, grittier, and er female, Pacey Witter.

Brandon Isaacson

2Oct12

Intriguing but a little too absurd with the werewolf type moments. I could see this having a small cult following, but I won't be a part of it. It's clear that the film is made by the brilliant director of The Exploding Girl. This story doesn't work quite as well for me. I wasn't very drawn to the characters, but I liked the patience and care the film gives them.

texinthecity

3May12

saw this at TFF in NYC last month; it's THE worst disappointment of the festival because it tried to be 2 things; the filmmaker self-sabotaged himself because the 2 lead actresses were phenomenal yet the filmmaker without reason, warning, or explanation added the abhorrent horror elements; the best-acted lesbian love story i've seen in ages was RUINED with the gross, weird, disgusting horror elements! Boooo!

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