That Time Robin Williams, Francis Ford Coppola, and Jennifer Lopez Teamed Up for a Bizarre ’90s Coming-of-Age Dramedy

It’s the movie that induces the ultimate double take. “Wait, who directed Jack?” is a question that cries out to be asked again upon learning that Francis Ford Coppola was behind this critically reviled Disney coming-of-age dramedy starring Robin Williams and Jennifer Lopez. The man who directed The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, master of dark and vicious tales of the American Dream and the corruption of humanity, should have been in no way well-suited to this notion, of a 10-year-old boy with a condition that is not normal who grows up into … Read more