Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2014)

Purely Joyful Movie!

Absolutely brilliant

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

OKAY SO ///spoilers/// from the get-go this movie showed glaring red flags. from the witch lady who replaces his heart with a clock??? does he have a circulatory system?? what is happening? and then after a huge amount of other concerning things, such as a British Edward Cullen (???)basically bullies jack and in the process his eye is stabbed by the cuckoo, jack the ripper pops up, its casual. he's singing about slaughtering people, as jack the ripper does, you do you, bro. there is some weird stuff with a french dude who falls in love with a two headed lady at a literal freak show. and then when you think "this couldn't get worse, right?" he turns suicidal and decides to throw away his life and climb the snowflakes, "wow." ///spoiler over/// if you are on the hunt for an unintentional Rom-com that will make you laugh harder than twilight purely because of it's awkward and unexplained possibly nonexistent plot (thorns????????), then this is the movie for you, Fam.

I have read comments where people mention how much this movie reminded them of ''Hugo''. I too agree that there are several similarities and it was only natural that since i loved ''Hugo'', i would absolutely fall in love with ''Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart''. From the very first second the film introduces you to a surreal, almost fairytale- ish world that you cannot help but lose yourself into. The story is quite simple. It handles a universal and overused theme; love. The ache of love and the risks we take (or don't take) for the sake of it. But Jack is not only set to get hurt if he falls in love; he is doomed to die. So i think that makes his point of view on the matter quite original. What amazed me more about the film is that Jack's condition made it that much easier for the makers to portray the way he feels (when he hurts, when he is overwhelmed with love and joy) and for us to feel with him. It was a very unique experience. There is only one group of people that i would not recommend this film to. If you do not like musicals, you will not enjoy the film. Many times the actual dialogue gives its place to songs.

So.. this is an interesting movie. I absolutely get that people find it exciting and different, but for me it lacks heart. If the storyline was better I think it could be great... It has progressive music and animation but that's about it...And it's not, it's really NOT for kids. I just want to say that I'm a young person who doesn't think that kids are too fragile too watch anything but Winnie the pooh, (that's not it). But this movie... It's very dark, it's extremely sexist, there's bullying (extreme), ..SPOILERyeah, and Jack the ripper is in it, singing of how he enjoys slicing up women, both redheads, blondes and brunettes, (all of em should taste some).SPOILER endsI don't know. I think it's just too much. Without any morals or warmth what so ever. So. It's a movie for grown ups. Don't watch it with your kids cause they won't get it at all, and probably end up having some terrible nightmares...

Jack is somewhat interesting. It has a cool train with accordions connecting the cars. It is the 2nd film I've seen ) that features Georges Méliès as a character. The other film is Hugo, a great superior film. Jack the Ripper also makes a guest cameo trying to kill the protagonist. Although somewhat entertaining the film has serious narrative and problematic content. If a movie is recommended and aimed for children it should be void of suggestive content. It has no place in a kids film. Also it is creepy and weird but not in the good way, in say a film like Labyrinth. Also the ending kills any chance of it being a good film.I hope I can convey this ending adequately so you don't need to sit through this picture. Or perhaps you will want to sit through it to witness it first hand. Jack has a Cuckoo-Clock heart. He goes on a series of adventures to find this girl and finds her, they sort of fall in love and he gives her the literal key to his heart. The key winds his heart so it keeps on ticking. She gets mad at him and his heart breaks. . He goes back home from the place where he was at to have his adoptive mother fix it for him. Only problem is his mum is dead. He goes out into the snow to die.His true love realizes her mistake and goes to find him. She finds him in the snow and offers to wind his heart for him with the key he gave her. He tosses the key into the snow instead and kisses her. The scene then freezes as if somebody stopped time. He begins to climb to the sky on the snowflakes hanging lifeless in the air.The End Really. That's where it ends.