ReelViews by James Berardinelli

This feel-good motion picture is intelligently written and expertly directed.

The New York Times by Vincent Canby

Within the limits and cliches of utterly predictable material, Mr. Coppola is still finally able to make this one from the heart.

Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman

it's a synthetic, rather drab movie, one that seems linked less to experience, or even to fantasy, than to other movies - "Big," of course, and also "E.T.," "Mask," and "Phenomenon."

Washington Post by Desson Howe

It sits in a rather unspectacular niche between modern fairy tale and a disease-of-the-week TV movie.

TV Guide Magazine by Staff (Not Credited)

Francis Ford Coppola falls down and goes boom with this depressing, ill-conceived comedy.

San Francisco Examiner by Walter Addiego

Francis Ford Coppola's Jack has its affecting moments, but in the end illustrates the pitfalls of the "concept" movie, the kind you can boil down to a one-line hook.

Washington Post by Hal Hinson

When a master dedicates his genius to the production of schmaltz, it's not a pretty sight.

Empire by Caroline Westbrook

The formula for Robin Williams' childish stick wares dangerously thin this time out.

Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

[Robin Williams] has been ill-served by a screenplay that isn't curious about what his life would really be like.

Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan

Jack is more depressing than the weight of its demerits because of the quality of the work both these men have done before.