The read
Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,428 1990s comedy movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Born with a rare condition that makes him age four times faster than normal, ten-year-old Jack Powell looks like a forty-year-old man. After years of homeschooling, he enters public school for the first time, eager to make friends and live like any other kid—only to discover that growing up too fast means learning some of life’s hardest lessons early.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes17%
Metacritic31/100
Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do.
1,397 audience votes
Key crew
- Francis Ford CoppolaDirector
- Michael KamenOriginal Music Composer
- James DeMonacoScreenplay
- Gary NadeauScreenplay
Cast
- Robin WilliamsJack Powell
- Diane LaneKaren Powell
- Brian KerwinBrian Powell
- Jennifer LopezMiss Marquez
- Bill CosbyLawrence Woodruff
- Fran DrescherDolores Durante
- Adam ZolotinLouis Durante
- Irwin CoreyPoppy
- Jurnee Smollett-BellPhoebe
- Ashlee LaurenAllison
- Mario YedidiaGeorge
- Michael McKeanPaulie
