Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Konterr Brilliant and touching

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

penguinjuggler Acting was good, soundtrack was good (though at times more uplifting than the moment deserved), tone was good, but overall it was too gritty for what it was, and there wasn't enough character growth or reason for the character growth. I don't know, maybe that's just the way "slice-of-life" movies tend to be. But it seemed possibly too overtly brutal - my dad watching it with me just walked away half way through when it became clear this was going to be just a lot of violent bullying, uncomfortable teen coed angst/drinking/fighting/smoking etc. Overall I respect the movie - it was well done and I'll tell people about it, but I'm not about to full-heartedly recommend it or watch it again.

timbobsm SPOILER ALERTS: I will give the movie one bit of credit: The acting of the lead character is good. Other than that, the plot is not worth the time to watch. Not one character is this movie is believable, the mother is incompetent,(her son gets beat up so bad that he ends up in the hospital and she is OK that he doesn't want to talk about it); the older brother is a born loser; the bullies are sociopaths; the girls are foul-mouthed, dirty-minded ding bats; and the main character is a masochist. He defaces the bully's garage in daylight no less, and then gets beat up; he calls his tormentors foul names and gets beat up; he hits his tormentor with a rock and gets beat up; he texts a girl a picture of his privates and is surprised when she shares it with others. Then he turns coward when his smaller cousin gets abused. The description of the movie is the boy is bullied. No: he is assaulted, assaulted with a deadly weapon, the young boy is kidnapped with unlawful restraint and at no time does anyone call the police or file charges. These acts go way beyond bullying: these are felony acts that would put the tormentors away for a long time. And at the end we are suppose to believe that there is a small act of redemption. The only believable person in the whole movie is the small cousin and he has such a small role. Well if one wants to spend 80 minutes watching a kid get beat up, and hearing kids use the F bomb over and over. Be my guest. By the way, where in the heck are the parents of all these teenagers? Do they not exist?

zif ofoz This little flick has 'indie' written all over it and I am a big fan of indie movie makers. These films are usually superior in content, substance, and acting when compared to the big budget movies. Well not all indie flicks, but the movies made by directors who love the craft. With that said, my opinion of 'King Jack' comes up a bit short.The plot revolves around Jack and his visiting cousin Ben. Both are tweens and are unpopular in school and Jack has an attitude. The setting is a lower middle class worker neighborhood with a mix of ethnic people. There are three older boys that bully Jack and Ben. The plot becomes predictable with the conflict between Jack and the bully's and Jacks interest in two young girls. Ben is along for the ride through no effort of his own and he suffers the wrath of the three bully's. By movies end both Jack and Ben have been pretty well beaten up by the bully's. Life in hell town is rough and unforgiving but both boys perceive and learn a tough lesson about loyalty, family, and friendship.This little movie is adequate in it's craft, well photographed, and edited. But the story is old and has been done more than once. If you want to watch some very good young actors as believable characters this is a fine choice. But as it unfolds you'll be able to see what's about to happen next.

Lorace Dem This film has nothing whatsoever to say about bullying, kidnapping, assault and battery committed against boys. It also has nothing to say about boys being shamed and mocked for their penis size, called homophobic slurs, being hit by their parents and older siblings, or the real traumatic, life-long consequences these events leave on the human psyche. It merely shows these things happening without consequences, while smirking in the process.An opportunity to revel in white trash abusive parenting and the outdated "honor code" where if you are physically assaulted, it's wrongly implied that it's your fault because you were "weak" "not tough enough," and definitely not the fault of the violent scumbag who beat you up to satisfy his own ego, or the dozens of onlookers who did nothing to stop it.It's also portrayed in the end as 'humorous' that the titular character refuses to report his attacker who nearly killed him to the police, thus ensuring that the cycle of bullying and violence will go on forever.Truly, this is a film for people who don't bother to stop and examine the injustices, abusive relationships, and trauma they've experienced, but rather to mindlessly celebrate it, normalize it, and depict it as being o.k. A film made by a mind who is equally immature as the subjects he's filming.