Jack Leary, the perfect monster in his TV show, is not the only one. The main theme that runs through the entire story is the theme of monsters. The setting is Oakland, California, in 1972. Dylan, Jack's little brother, is about four years old. Thus the story is endowed with the childish naivety that makes it so special and so sincere. The entire developments are told through his eyes mainly. He talks to the audience as if he would tell the story of his life which he does to some extent. His twelve-year-old son Jack is the movie's main protagonist. Danny DeVito plays Jack Leary, a widower who works as a monster-host of a late night horror show and who entertains the neighborhood kids with silly ghoulish antics. Hope you find within your family, hope and the knowledge that there will be brighter days ahead.
Then again, when the chips are low and the world seems to fall apart, there is hope. It features sincere messages of life and can be seen as a symbolic story that stands for the premise that growing up is never easy. It is a very emotional and instructive tale of one family's struggles, of challenges and tragedies. Yet despite the subtle comedian edge, this movie is by no means a comedy. By doing so it elaborates on weighty issues, while at the same, it has a certain amount of humor to it. It is a story that takes a bittersweet look at the joys and pains of growing up. from his later accomplishment in 'Mercury Rising'). Steinmiller, Jr.) and Dylan (young Miko Hughes, known e.g. It is the story of John Leary (Danny DeVito) and his two boys, Jack (Robert J. This films is really enjoyable, both with cute moments (Jack's little brother is adorable) and darker, angstier times.
One of the harshest lessons of the adultworld he learns, is that not all monsters are ugly things who live in the closet and humans can be evil too when his younger brother kidnapped by a Nazi neighbour who harbours a grudge against his father and a young lad in his neighbourhood develops some Nazi traits when he turns to the wrong person for a role model. As for Jack, as a boy of thirteen, he is starting to see life through an adult's eyes as he lets go of childhood innocence. John is relearning how to be a parent without his partner by his side and redefining his relationship with his boys.
One of the main themes of the film is coming-of-age, both for Jack and his father. It was quite interesting to see a boy (instead of a girl who is usually cast in such movies) cope with the loss and guilt over his mother's death, shouldering the responsibility of caring for his little brother and alcoholic father and learning the lessons of his first love. This film is a much darker version of the subjects brought up in 'My Girl' with the lead here being a boy instead of a girl. Instead Jack is left to be a substitute parent to his young brother while not only going through adolescence but is also struggling with the recent loss of his mother. John hosts a late-night horror show and, while he has an understanding of television, he struggles to be a proper father to his sons, thirteen-year-old Jack and four-year-old Dylan. 'Jack the Bear' is drama set in the Seventies revolving around Leary family and their first summer since the loss of their wife and mother.
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