Jack the Bear
The movie Jack the Bear was
based on the book Jack the Bear.
Movie details for Jack the Bear
The movie was released in
1993 and directed by Marshall Herskovitz.
Jack the Bear was produced by 20th Century Fox.
More information on the movie is available on Amazon.com and also IMDb.
Actors on this movie include Danny DeVito, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr., Miko Hughes, Gary Sinise, Art LaFleur, Stefan Gierasch, Erica Yohn, Andrea Marcovicci, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Reese Witherspoon, Bert Remsen, Carl Gabriel Yorke, Lee Garlington, Lorinne Vozoff, Justin Mosley Spink, Jahary Bennett, Lillian Hightower Domio, Troy W. Slaten, Jessica Steinmiller and Douglas Tolbert.
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It's not hard to see what attracted director Marshall Herskovitz (TV's thirtysomething) and writer Steve Zaillian (Schindler's List) to this tragicomic story of a widower trying to keep life together for his two young sons. And Danny DeVito gives them a ...
Read MoreIt's not hard to see what attracted director Marshall Herskovitz (TV's thirtysomething) and writer Steve Zaillian (Schindler's List) to this tragicomic story of a widower trying to keep life together for his two young sons. And Danny DeVito gives them a surprisingly sympathetic and low-key performance that capably blends pathos and humor. But the story--about Jack's attempts to get his drinking under control, even while holding down a job as a late-night TV horror-movie host--descends into bathos. Then it gets downright weird and scary when the family's strange neo-Nazi neighbor (a popeyed Gary Sinise) takes an unhealthy interest in one of the children. Jack the Bear sat on the shelf for a couple of years while Herskovitz reworked it, but it was like changing the tires on a car with a broken drive-train. --Marshall Fine