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Janie Jones
13-year-old girl Janie is abandoned by her meth-addicted former-groupie mother, after she informs her father, Ethan Brand, a fading rock star, right when he and his band are on the comeback trail that Janie is his daughter, and he is not happy about it.
25 September 1977, Portland, Oregon, USA
9 March 1986, Tampa, Florida, USA
13 January 1954, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2 April 1963, New York, USA
29 January 1982, Kiev, Ukraine
October 27, 2011
Abigail Breslin in a shining performance as the responsible one in a father-daughter reunion.
October 28, 2011
The indie road movie "Janie Jones" is billed as "inspired by the true story" of its writer-director, David M. Rosenthal. Impossible. No one's life is this boring.
October 29, 2011
The movie works because it's essentially an old-fashioned two-hander for a couple of subtle and terrific actors.
October 27, 2011
It isn't easy to make an indie movie these days, so it's dispiriting how many wind up exactly like Janie Jones
November 01, 2011
A movie about second chances that's sweet (without being sugary) and tinged with regret.
November 03, 2011
You'll get in touch with your softer side and want to punch it.
November 04, 2011
Nivola and Breslin make a terrific mismatched pair in a film that often resembles a mash-up of "Crazy Heart" and Sofia Coppola's "Somewhere"...
October 31, 2011
Unrewarding retread of too many films we've seen before,
November 03, 2011
A mixture of discordant notes and way-too-familiar chords.
October 28, 2011
After a messy, cliched first half, Janie Jones is barely salvaged by the lightweight sweetness that emerges once it becomes a two-hander for Breslin and Nivola.
November 10, 2011
"Janie Jones'' would feel more assured if Rosenthal had shown more inclination to commit.
November 08, 2011
Not particularly memorable.