The Ballad Of Jack And Rose [DVD]

A tender tale that is maturely handled in Miller's capable hands and Day Lewis isn't bad either. Interesting to see Paul Dano here, knowing what he and Daniel get up to in 'There Will be Blood.'

This must be one of the best and most considered plays ever written. In this film version, we are treated, as ever to an impeccable, surprising and totally moving performance by the wonderful Day-Lewis but, I have to say, even he was overshadowed in this film by the great Paul Scofield, whose perfidious, sanctimonious, duplicitous, character actually made me shout at the screen more than once. If only we could have films of this quality to choose from more often - a totally uplifting experience.

Controverial subject matter once out there is open to viewers interpretation.A very intimate portrayal of the dynamics of isolation and illness.A passionate human story about striving to cling to a belief system amidst inner turmoil.A moody piece very atomospheric,very deep.Excellant performances very real.

Personally I was disappointed after reading so many great reviews on this film. Yes it does indeed have some very touching moments, and overall, the cast put in some great performances but, the script hardly does them justice and rarely fully engaged me. I don't know if it's meant to be ultra deep in meaning but I found it shallow. It didn't get too deep, it didn't go far enough and in all honesty wasn't that inrteresting. Therefore it gets little more than a lukewarm score for entertainment from me.

Not very good story really

I have watched this film, because it is a Rebecca Miller film. Her films are so outstanding. As a director and author, the way she handles a theme to express it in a movie is very impressive.

This is a powerful film about the challenges of trying to lead a life out of the rat race of materialism and back to the land .It centres around the relationship between Jack the father and Rosie his daughter .It is an extremely moving film ,painful stuff to watch at times but ultimately positive .I will watch it again and intend to show it to others .

I gave this to my Daughter in Law as a Birthday present she loved it.She lends it out to her friends who have also enjoyed it.

I had not noticed, or it was not mentioned, that this was a Region-2 DVD, and so could not be read in North America... and so I could not watch it.

La descripcion traia que tenia idioma en castellano y no lo trae, solo idioma y subtitulos en ingles. Ya me han compensado con el reintegro, gracias por todo, un saludo

After watching this movie, I feel like I just got kicked in the gut because it ends so sadly. I won't go into too much detail regarding the premise of the movie, as other reviewers have already done an excellent job in that respect, but the island where Jack and Rose live is almost sort of a latter day Garden of Eden, where father and daughter live a basically carefree existence in their own private paradise surrounded by wildflowers and the ocean. However, this paradise is under threat from both the outside world and also from within the four walls of home. Jack and Rose have been isolated from the prying eyes of the world since Jack took Rose out of school at age 11. Since then Rose has grown into a beautiful and very loving, yet still innocent, young woman. Her natural closeness with her father has recently grown into something more akin to romantic love, however, and both father and daughter are becoming increasingly aware of, and tormented by, their feelings for one another. The thing is, these two people mean almost EVERYTHING to each other due to their self-imposed isolation from the outside world. Add to the mix that Jack is quickly dying from a bad heart, and you are keenly aware of the terror that brings to Rose's psyche of soon being left all alone in the world at the tender age of 16. Once Rose finds out that her dad has a casual girlfriend from off the island, one who comes to live with them in a rather lame attempt by Jack to potentially give Rose a family for when after he's gone, Rose becomes extremely jealous of this "other woman", and quickly endeavors to experience sex as soon as she can with one of her new "step-brothers" so that she can get back at her dad for what she feels is him emotionally and sexually cheating on her with the now live-in girlfriend. Rose basically succeeds in getting rid of these unwanted guests in the end, so that the final 25 minutes or so are basically father and daughter alone again like Rose always wanted. If there is anything so pure and beautiful as the idealized love a teenage girl feels towards those she loves, I have yet to see it. Rose has decided that she wants so much to experience physical love with her father before he dies, and also that when he dies she'll go with him, but Jack decides that he cannot and will not allow himself to travel down the forbidden path with her. Although I feel incest is unhealthy at best, and probably criminal in many cases, it was actually kind of heartbreaking that these two people never got to experience that physical bond with each other because they loved each other so completely. Incest is obviously taboo in most cultures, undoubtedly for the better, but the film made me question whether it is automatically wrong in EVERY case. When Jack finally dies at the end, it is quite moving and incredibly sad to see Rose have to experience this all by herself at such a young age. She does keep the final promise she made to her dad that she would "try" not to kill herself when he died, although she couldn't guarantee it, but we never really find out whether she finds happiness in her life without him or not. This film has effected me deeply, and I'm sure I will be re-watching it many times in the coming years. A very bittersweet experience, but a movie I'm glad the filmmaker made.

Dieser Film von Rebecca Miller ("The Private Lives of Pippa Lee") hat nicht nur Essenz durch die Besetzung ihres Ehemannes Daniel Day Lewis für eine der Hauptrollen. Die Geschichte klingt zunächst weit hergeholt und wirkt dann doch überzeugend: Vater und Tochter Jack und Rose sind die letzten Übriggebliebenen einer Hippiekommune, die abgeschieden auf einer Insel leben und versuchen, ihren ideologischen Lebensstil aufrechtzuerhalten. Widerpart des noch immer utopisch denkenden Vaters ist ein Investor, der in der Nähe eine Wohnhäuser-Kolonie errichtet. Das abgeschottetete Leben der beiden und die fast märchenhafte Idylle, in der das Mädchen aufgewachsen ist, werden durch eine rationale Entscheidung des Vaters bald nach Beginn der Geschichte aufgebrochen. Da er der einerseits chronisch erkrankt ist und andererseits die Pubertät seiner Tochter und ihr baldiges Erwachsenwerden akzeptieren muß, lädt er eine Freundin ein, mit ihren beiden Söhnen zwecks Bildung einer Patchwork-Familie bei ihnen zu leben. Er unterschätzt die emotionalen Auswirkungen bei weitem und wird im Laufe der Geschichte mehr und mehr mit seiner eigenen Halsstarrigkeit konfrontiert. Das größtenteils unausgesprochene Ringen von Jack und Rose um ihre Liebe bis hin zum unausweichlichen Ende ist der rote Faden in der Narration der Geschichte; die anderen können auf diese große Kraft nur reagieren wie sprichwörtliche Nebencharaktere. Ein durchweg gut ausgesuchter und starker Cast, Day-Lewis' unnachgiebige Präsenz und Millers analytische Sicht auf das Menschliche und Zwischenmenschliche im Detail machen den Film zu einem Erlebnis, welches einem noch lange nachhängt.

voici un film étrange ou on peut voir un pere et sa fille nouer une relation forte,ambigue et fusionnelle.La petite Camilla Belle voue une grande admiration à son pere le taciturne et protecteur,Daniel Day LEWIS tres carismatique.Il se rend compte qu'il a isolé sa fille de la vie moderne et se sentant vieillir ,amene sa maitresse et les enfants de celles ci à vivre avec eux.Des lors arrivent les premieres questions:"suis je belle" ,"comment embrasser,faire l'amour" et les premieres rivalités entre la fille qui se sent trahie par son père et sa belle mère.. Est ce que des étrangers peuvent vivre avec deux personnes solitaires qui se suffisent à elles memes?Les paysages sont lascifs,beaux et cette ballade est une ode à la beauté de la nature,l'environnement et fait souvent des clis d'oeil aux années hippies.