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The Ballad of Jack and Rose
2005 1h 51m Rebecca Miller

The Ballad of Jack and Rose

★ 6.5 IMDb
Drama
Jack Slavin is an environmentalist with a heart condition who lives with his daughter, Rose, on an isolated island. While Jack fights against developers who wish to build in the area, he also craves more contact with other people. When he invites his girlfriend, Kathleen, and her sons, Rodney and Thaddius, to move in, Rose is upset. The complicated family dynamics makes things difficult for everyone in the house.

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