Matching Jack

Matching Jack
Matching Jack

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Directed by Nadia Tass
Produced by
Screenplay by
  • Lynne Renew
  • David Parker
Story by Lynne Renew
Starring
Music by Paul Grabowsky
Cinematography David Parker
Editing by Mark Warner
Studio Cascade Films
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date(s) 19 August 2010 (2010-08-19)
Running time 103 minutes
Country Australia
Language English

Matching Jack is a 2010 Australian drama film directed by Nadia Tass from a screenplay by Lynne Renew and David Parker, based on an unfilmed script by Renew entitled Love and Mortar. The film stars Jacinda Barrett as a mother who begins a lengthy search for a bone marrow donor to help her son (Tom Russell), who has been diagnosed with Leukemia. James Nesbitt, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Richard Roxburgh also star.

Matching Jack was produced by Tass and Parker's studio Cascade Films, in association with the film investment agencies Film Victoria and Screen Australia. It was filmed on location in Melbourne in 2009, and premiered at the 2010 Melbourne International Film Festival. 20th Century Fox distributed it to 185 national screens in August 2010, the widest Fox release of an Australian film since 2008's Australia.

The film won Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay at the 2011 Milan International Film Festival. Matching Jack was also honoured with Cannes Cinephile Prix De Jury Bel Age at the 2011 Cinephiles festival at Cannes in May 2011.

Over recent months, the film has screened at: Palm Beach International Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival, Belfast Film Festival, Internationales Filmwochenende Wurzburg (Germany), Tiburon International Film Festival and Newport Beach Film Festival.

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Reviews

Leonard Maltin: “A deeply emotional film, clearly made with tender loving care. Kodi Smit-McPhee gives an utterly remarkable performance in a cast full of fine actors.”

David Stratton, The Australian: “Wonderfully acted and scripted… Smit-McPhee, particularly, brings grace, dignity and child-like optimism to his character, and he is heart-breakingly impressive as Finn.”

David Tiley, Screenhub: “A terrific, passionate, sobby, craftful heartgrabber, a grown up film about a vast and honest emotional arc.”

Jim Schembri, The Sydney Morning Herald: "It's a no-holds-bar emotional slam dunk as a young mother (superbly played by Jacinda Barrett) desperately searches for a bone marrow match for her son from among the illegitimate children fathered by her promiscuous husband (Richard Roxburgh). A beautiful, moving, unashamedly melodramatic film that rouses tears and joy in equal measure."


Cast

Release

Matching Jack opened at number eight at the Australian box office on its opening weekend, taking $258,011.

References

  • Murphy, Damien (14 August 2010). "Life renewed: Save son and see the world". The Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax Media). Retrieved on 28 August 2010.
  • Mathieson, Craig (19 August 2010). "The Son Shines Through". The Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax Media). Retrieved on 28 August 2010.
  • Gonzalez, Miguel (24 August 2010). "Matching Jack: Nadia Tass, hard to match". Encore Magazine (Focal Attractions). Retrieved on 28 August 2010.
  • Gonzalez, Miguel (24 August 2010). "Jack, no match for Salt". Encore Magazine (Focal Attractions). Retrieved on 28 August 2010.
  • Industry News (18 May 2011). "[1]". Encore Magazine (Focal Attractions). Retrieved on 30 May 2011.
  • NIXCO (25 May 2011). "[2]". Inside Film. Retrieved on 30 May 2011.
  • Newsflash (12 May 2011) "[3]". Urban Cinephile. Retrieved on 5 June 2011.
  • Schembri, Jim (19 August 2010). "[4]". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved on 5 June 2011.

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