SummaryJake Klein (Elias Koteas), 50, sets out to make a movie. He hires an actor to play himself and throws a big party. His idea is to shoot the heck out of it and see what he gets. But, everything spins out of control as different, unexpected people show up. Old loves are there. New loves are there. His dead father, his mother when she was young, his... Read More
Directed By:Howard Goldberg
Written By:Howard Goldberg
Jake Squared
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Aug 14, 2014
70
Goldberg has made a commendably adventurous and mostly enjoyable meta-comedy that recalls both the best and worst of 1970s Hollywood.
Aug 12, 2014
40
More enervating than it is ambitious, Jake Squared is partly a romantic comedy and mostly a pseudo-philosophical apology for self-absorption.
Aug 14, 2014
30
Koteas and the rest of the cast (including Jane Seymour, Virginia Madsen and Jennifer Jason Leigh) struggle gamely with the material, but they're defeated by the nonstop chatter, Goldberg's flat-footed direction and the needlessly choppy cutting.
Aug 14, 2014
20
Jake Squared combines the most grating tendencies of meta navel-gazing with the sexism of reality television — pushing the limit of viewer tolerance to zero.
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Production Company:
- Aumont Productions
- Beckett Films
- Jake Squared
Release Date:Aug 15, 2014
Duration:1 h 40 m
Rating:R
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Awards
Big Apple Film Festival and Screenplay Competition
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Phoenix Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
