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Jacinda Barrett, Richard Roxburgh, Tom Russell, James Nesbitt, Kodi Smit-McPhee ... see more see more... , Yvonne Strahovski

A woman struggles with her son's illness and her husband's infidelity, but, after a chance encounter with an Irish sailor and his son, her life is turned upside down in a love story that defies explan... read more read more...ation and breaks all the rules.

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69% liked it

13 critics

Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: Nadia Tass

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Flixster Reviews (34)

  • Chapsky
    April 22, 2011
    Chapsky
    Not matching jack but matching parents maybe... Our children are going to die so lets make love and pretend we're happy for a while... bullshit bullshit ! But the father and son relationship is worth seeing. Touring the hospital with boat shaped bed...that was a really touching ... read morescene.

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David Michael Brown
August 22, 2010
David Michael Brown, Empire Magazine Australasia

Beautifully played and powerfully moving, despite the sugary clichés. Full Review

Jason Di Rosso
August 20, 2010
Jason Di Rosso, MovieTime, ABC Radio National

Lynne Renew and David Parker's script is based on a wonderful premise, but the resulting film is uneven, straddling adult drama and family-friendly tear-jerker without doing either well. Full Review

Julie Rigg
August 20, 2010
Julie Rigg, MovieTime, ABC Radio National

It's melodrama, but powerful, with insights into the way cancer changes lives. I howled. Take Kleenex. Full Review

Sandra Hall
August 20, 2010
Sandra Hall, Sydney Morning Herald

Having begun as a well-meaning but uneven mix of medical melodrama and fraught love story with whimsical accessories, it finally locates its heartbeat. Full Review

Leigh Paatsch
August 20, 2010
Leigh Paatsch, Herald Sun (Australia)

The very moments that the film goes wilfully off-topic prove to be its undoing. Full Review

Peter Galvin
August 19, 2010
Peter Galvin, sbs.com.au

Matching Jack has a squirmy kind of emotional truth to it. It's funny, but it's not a comedy. Full Review

Jake Wilson
August 19, 2010
Jake Wilson, The Age (Australia)

If Matching Jack were a telemovie, I'd be tempted to switch off. Full Review

James Mitchell
August 17, 2010
James Mitchell, Trespass

Matching Jack's conclusion is a hopeful one (some may say thankfully) but it's much too tidy and rushed, a pure cookie-cutter Hollywood happy ending that betrays the realistic, at times poignant portr... Full Review

Erin Free
August 16, 2010
Erin Free, FILMINK (Australia)

While its premise is a painful one, this warm, surprisingly funny and deeply touching film never feels maudlin. Full Review

Andrew L. Urban
August 13, 2010
Andrew L. Urban, Urban Cinefile

A gripping melodrama that explores a complex set of relationships amidst the intensity of deadly illness Full Review

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