Synopsis
Brooklyn parents Alex and Greg are lucky to have a kid like Jake. Their four-year-old is bright, precocious, creative—and just happens to prefer Disney princesses to toy cars and skirts to jeans. Jake’s “gender expansive” behavior—as local preschool director Judy dubs it—is no big deal to Alex and Greg. Or so it seems, until the process of navigating New York City’s hyper-competitive private school system opens up a parental quagmire: could Jake’s gender nonconformity be just the thing that gives their child an edge in the admissions game? How young is too young to put a label on a child’s identity? Is this just a phase, or is Jake truly transgender? Split in their opinions on how to handle the situation, Alex and Greg find themselves navigating an emotional and ethical minefield with one patch of common ground between them: their fierce desire to do what’s right for Jake. Transparent director Silas Howard helms this timely, honest, emotionally rich look at 21st-century parenting.
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Movie Details
| Portugal Releases: |
March 22nd, 2019 (Wide), released as Uma Criança Como Jake |
| Video Release: |
August 28th, 2018 by Shout Factory |
| MPAA Rating: |
R for some language.
(Rating bulletin 2533 (Cert #51660), 6/19/2018) |
| Running Time: |
90 minutes |
| Keywords: |
Cross-Dressing, Set in New York, Set in New York City, LGBTQ+, Novel or Other Work Adapted by Author, Set in Brooklyn, Private School, Sundance Film Festival 2018 |
| Source: | Based on Play |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: |
Burn Later, Double Nickel Entertainment, Bankside Films, Head Gear Films, That's Wonderful Productions, IFC Films, Metrol Technology |
| Production Countries: |
United States |
| Languages: |
English |
August 29th, 2018
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It is a very busy week with a flood of TV on DVD releases. Because of that, each entry has to be a little shorter than usual, especially the TV on DVD releases. There are some titles that are worth more attention, like American Animals, Bound, RBG, and others. It was a close race for Pick of the Week, but in the end I went with Bound on Blu-ray.
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June 5th, 2018
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American Animals easily topped the theater average chart earning an average of $33,698 in four theaters. The only other film in the $10,000 club was 2001: A Space Odyssey, which earned an average of $14,042 in five theaters during its third weekend of release.
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June 3rd, 2018
We predicted Solo: A Star Wars Story would earn about $30 million during its second weekend of release and it earned $29.3 million over the weekend. I’m calling that a victory. It did fall 65%, but this is a standard decline for a tentpole release after a holiday weekend. The film has $148.89 million after 10 days of release and is on pace to top $200 million domestically. Internationally it has $115.3 million, including $30.3 million this past weekend. It doesn’t open in Japan until the end of June, but once it does, it should reach $400 million worldwide. Had the film not needed extensive reshoots, this would have been enough to break even, eventually.
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June 1st, 2018
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It is a slow week, so slow that I’m bending the rules when it comes to what films appear on this list. If I used the ten review limit, there would only be a handful of films. Of these films, only American Animals and Breath are earning reviews that are good enough for limited release. That said, there are also a few that should be worth a VOD rental, like Discreet and Social Animals.
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Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|
| 2019/03/29 |
- |
$928 |
|
2 |
$464 |
$2,366 |
2 |
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