Jack of the Red Hearts (2016) (original) (raw)
A teenage con artist tricks a desperate mother into hiring her as a live-in companion for her autistic daughter.
A teenage con artist tricks a desperate mother into hiring her as a live-in companion for her autistic daughter. (less)
Director: Janet Grillo
Writer: Jennifer Deaton
Starring: Israel Broussard, Famke Janssen, AnnaSophia Robb, Scott Cohen, Taylor Richardson, John D'Leo
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Review by Brian Orndorf, February 25, 2016
8 / 10
In 2011, writer/director Janet Grillo made her feature-length directorial debut with �Fly Away.� A harrowing but sensitive study of autism and parental challenges, the picture was unexpectedly illuminating and sensationally performed, identifying Grillo as a talent with a unique point of view. She returns with �Jack of the Red Hearts,� and while this project is allowed a little more room to breathe, it remains an intense overview of the neurodevelopment disorder, inserted into a formulaic but convincing tale of desperation and fraud. Grillo is one of the few filmmakers out there who possesses ...read more...
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