The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)
Directed by Rebecca Miller
Jack Slavin is an environmentalist with a heart condition who lives with his daughter, Rose, on an isolated island. While Jack fights against developers who wish to build in the area, he also craves more contact with other people. When he invites his girlfriend, Kathleen, and her sons, Rodney and Thaddius, to move in, Rose is upset. The complicated family dynamics makes things difficult for everyone in the house.
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“Captain Fantastic” joins a small canon of films dedicated to American off-the-gridders, from Sean Penn’s masterful “ Into the Wild ” to Rebecca Miller’s “ The Ballad of Jack and Rose ” and Campbell Scott’s “ Off the Map .”
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