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(1 - 23) of 23 OFCS Rating: 48% Rotten Page   1   7/10 "Like a trip to visit the fascinating relatives you spend the other 364 days of the year pretending you're not related to..."   Freeze Dried Movies   Brian Juergens B "As an investigation of disturbing behavior, the film is near perfect. As a dramatic creation, Miller’s inventive filmmaking skills have failed her."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf B "Jack's realizations, particularly vis-à-vis his daughter, offer rich dramatic possibilities."   AboutFilm.com   Carlo Cavagna "McDonald is wholly convincing as the frightened but also enticed boy, and for the few minutes he's in focus, the film seems poised to take flight."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs "Faint clues and indirections fly all over the film and, although perhaps unintentional, cry for clarification which never comes."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Donald J. Levit C+ "A quiet, character-driven piece that slowly gets too big for itself."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider C "A dreary dirge of a movie that's less about real human beings than characters who are little more than literary contrivances, though well acted ones."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 " A bold and compelling film that explores the passionate connection between a fiery idealist and his sixteen-year old daughter. "   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "The plot of The Ballad of Jack and Rose relies overmuch on contrivances, but the viewer ends up liking the characters enough that it's hard not to forgive such narrative hiccups."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3.5/4 "Deep, rich and altogether satisfying."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth "On paper, Ballad has it all."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 1.5 "While I appreciate and respect Miller’s focus on nature and innocence, I couldn’t help but feel the film was puffed up and sustaining itself on esoteric nonsense."   Bangitout.com   Jordan Hiller 2.25/5 "When the father and daughter are left to their own devices, the film plods along with four endings."   Film-Forward.com   Kent Turner "Day-Lewis IS Jack, but no matter how large a font you could use on that capitalized two-letter word, it still wouldn’t do his performance justice."   FilmStew.com   Larry Carroll C "A fine cast gives their director beautifully shaded performances, but the writer squanders them on a pretentiously meaningless story with...a creepy incestuous theme."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 2.5/5 "The film feels less mythic than self-consciously portentous."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 2.5/4 "The movie's few flaws do a lot of damage to an otherwise skillfully crafted film"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes 2.5/4 "Intriguing and disquietingly bizarre."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager A "Jack and Rose bears a haunting economy of style that appears as near-minimalist...Miller realizes her own screenplay with a stunning lack of self-consciousness."   TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)   Rick Curnutte 6/10 "Think of it as an somewhat self-conscious, sensitive, offbeat tone poem."   Modamag.com   Susan Granger 2.5/4 "A languidly paced disappointment."   Reel.com   Timothy Knight 2.5/4 "Day-Lewis brings the picture closer, by himself, to the ballad of its title than to the dirge it constantly threatens to be."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 2/5 Read review   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski  (1 - 23) of 23 OFCS Rating: 48% Rotten Page   1