January 23, 2025 7:02 am

Robin Williams’ Panned ‘90s Comedy-Drama Is a “Masterpiece,” According to Luca Guadagnino
Robin Williams’ Panned ‘90s Comedy-Drama Is a “Masterpiece,” According to Luca Guadagnino

Robin Williams’ Panned ‘90s Comedy-Drama Is a “Masterpiece,” According to Luca Guadagnino

One of the most panned movies in the repertoire of the late, great Robin Williams has now been given a new appraisal by Academy Award nominee and Challengers director Luca Guadagnino. In an interview with Sight and Sound, the filmmaker jumped to the defense of Williams and director Francis Ford Coppola’s 1996 coming-of-age comedy-drama, Jack, which finds Williams playing a young boy who, due to a rare genetic condition, looks like a man in his mid-40s.

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​The ‘Queer’ director leaps to the defense of Francis Ford Coppola and Robin Williams’ coming-of-age comedy-drama ‘Jack’. Read More