16 year old Josie (Olivia DeJonge) and her older brother Jack (Alex Neustaedter) lost their mother when they were young, and have since been raised, entirely isolated and homeschooled, by their abusive, alcoholic father (William Fichtner). One day Jack runs away, but a few weeks later he returns for his sister.
Josie and Jack bears all the hallmarks of a debut. Kelly Braffet and Sarah Lancaster’s screenplay, taken from Braffet’s novel, is a blunt instrument. One of the biggest issues is that we don’t see much evolution in any of the characters, and what we do get is screenwriting 101. Josie and Jack’s father is a drunk, over and over again we see him completely soused, berating his kids and telling them how useless they are. William Fichtner isn’t bad, making the slightly less obvious choice to generally play these scenes quietly, but they all blend into each other.
Josie and Jack bears all the hallmarks of a debut. Kelly Braffet and Sarah Lancaster’s screenplay, taken from Braffet’s novel, is a blunt instrument. One of the biggest issues is that we don’t see much evolution in any of the characters, and what we do get is screenwriting 101. Josie and Jack’s father is a drunk, over and over again we see him completely soused, berating his kids and telling them how useless they are. William Fichtner isn’t bad, making the slightly less obvious choice to generally play these scenes quietly, but they all blend into each other.
- 3/23/2021
- by Sam Inglis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The female characters are badly underserved in this story of an off-the-rails brother and sister that gravitates around the monstrous men
“Your dad kept you locked up in an old house,” a character drunkenly blurts out in this adaptation of Kelly Braffet’s gothic novel about childhood misery and brother-and-sister incest. “It’s soooo Flowers in the Attic.” If only! The most shocking thing about this movie is how stale and lifeless it is, as if entire scenes had been placed into a vacuum storage bag, zipped up, and sucked of all energy and human feeling.
Set in the 1990s, it begins in rural Pennsylvania where 16-year-old Josie (Olivia DeJonge) and her older brother Jack (Alex Neustaedter) have been raised in a spooky old house by their physics professor father (William Fichtner). He’s a violent pompous drunk who homeschools the kids rather than sending them to “the idiot factory” local high school.
“Your dad kept you locked up in an old house,” a character drunkenly blurts out in this adaptation of Kelly Braffet’s gothic novel about childhood misery and brother-and-sister incest. “It’s soooo Flowers in the Attic.” If only! The most shocking thing about this movie is how stale and lifeless it is, as if entire scenes had been placed into a vacuum storage bag, zipped up, and sucked of all energy and human feeling.
Set in the 1990s, it begins in rural Pennsylvania where 16-year-old Josie (Olivia DeJonge) and her older brother Jack (Alex Neustaedter) have been raised in a spooky old house by their physics professor father (William Fichtner). He’s a violent pompous drunk who homeschools the kids rather than sending them to “the idiot factory” local high school.
- 3/16/2021
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
Back in April, it was revealed that AMC had ordered a pilot script adaptation of Stephen King and Owen King's Sleeping Beauties, and now Idw Publishing has announced that the 2017 book will also come to life as a comic book series written by Rio Youers with artwork by Alison Sampson.
We have the cover art and full press release below with additional details on the 10-issue Sleeping Beauties comic book series, which is slated to premiere in early 2020 and, like the book, will take place in a world where all of the women have fallen into a deep slumber... and become violent if awoken.
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Press Release: San Diego, CA – Idw Publishing is proud to announce the early 2020 launch of Sleeping Beauties, a captivating comic...
We have the cover art and full press release below with additional details on the 10-issue Sleeping Beauties comic book series, which is slated to premiere in early 2020 and, like the book, will take place in a world where all of the women have fallen into a deep slumber... and become violent if awoken.
With San Diego Comic-Con around the corner, visit our Comic-Con online hub to keep up to date on all of our coverage of the convention!
Press Release: San Diego, CA – Idw Publishing is proud to announce the early 2020 launch of Sleeping Beauties, a captivating comic...
- 7/16/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Sarah Lancaster is set to make her feature directorial debut with Josie & Jack. Based on the Kelly Braffet novel by the same name, Lancaster adapted the screenplay with the author.
The movie stars Olivia DeJonge (The Visit ), Alex Neustaedter (A.X.L.), and William Ficthner (12 Strong). The movie follows the dark story of teenage siblings (DeJonge and Neustaedter) who are raised in isolation in a decaying rural Pennsylvania mansion. Homeschooled by their tyrannical professor father (Fichtner), Josie and Jack only have each other to depend as they make their way into the world. Lancaster is currently finishing post-production in anticipation of a winter festival run.
Josie & Jack also stars Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Owen Campbell and Anna Baryshnikov.
The film is a production of Mountain Men Films in association with The Komack Company. The Komack Company’s Jonathon Komack Martin and Blake Goza produced.
Charles Miller, who executive produced last year...
The movie stars Olivia DeJonge (The Visit ), Alex Neustaedter (A.X.L.), and William Ficthner (12 Strong). The movie follows the dark story of teenage siblings (DeJonge and Neustaedter) who are raised in isolation in a decaying rural Pennsylvania mansion. Homeschooled by their tyrannical professor father (Fichtner), Josie and Jack only have each other to depend as they make their way into the world. Lancaster is currently finishing post-production in anticipation of a winter festival run.
Josie & Jack also stars Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Owen Campbell and Anna Baryshnikov.
The film is a production of Mountain Men Films in association with The Komack Company. The Komack Company’s Jonathon Komack Martin and Blake Goza produced.
Charles Miller, who executive produced last year...
- 9/11/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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