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Jackie & Ryan

Jackie & Ryan

Drama · 2014

A modern day train hopper fighting to be a successful musician and a single mom battling to maintain custody of her daughter defy their circumstances by coming together in a relationship that may change each other's lives forever.

Movie details

Jackie & Ryan

“Sometimes they stay. Sometimes they go.”

2014 Drama 1h 30m

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TMDB

5.9 / 10

Community rating

A modern day train hopper fighting to be a successful musician and a single mom battling to maintain custody of her daughter defy their circumstances by coming together in a relationship that may change each other's lives forever.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Ami Canaan Mann

Written by

Ami Canaan Mann

Katherine Heigl

Katherine Heigl

Jackie

Ben Barnes

Ben Barnes

Ryan

Clea DuVall

Clea DuVall

Virginia

Sheryl Lee

Sheryl Lee

Miriam

Emily Alyn Lind

Emily Alyn Lind

Lia

Nathan Stevens

Nathan Stevens

Kid

Allan Groves

Allan Groves

Tweed Cap

Court is in session

Put Jackie & Ryan on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.