History YMMV / Jack1996

* HilariousInHindsight: Coppola suggested the reason ''Jack'' may have flopped critically is because he was PlayingAgainstType claiming: "It was considered that I had made ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' and I'm like a [[Creator/MartinScorsese Marty Scorsese]] type of director, and here I am making this dumb Disney film with Robin Williams"... too bad that 15 years later Scorsese proved him wrong by releasing his own family-friendly CreatorsOddball with ''Film/{{Hugo}}'' to a very positive critical reception.

** Jack's angina attack was already really hard to watch, but Creator/RobinWilliams would have heart problems later on ,requiring heart surgery in 2009.

** Jack's angina attack was already really hard to watch, but Creator/RobinWilliams would have heart problems later on ,requiring heart surgery in 2009.

** Jack's angina attack was already really hard to watch, but after Creator/RobinWilliams' heart surgery in 2009...

* RetroactiveRecognition: This film was made just before Creator/JenniferLopez really broke into the mainstream and a couple of years before she dominated pop culture.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Of the TearsOfJoy variant, there is the "Who I Want To Be When I Grow Up" report. God that was beautiful

* HilariousInHindsight: In an interview Coppola suggested the reason ''Jack'' may have flopped critically is because he was PlayingAgainstType claiming: "It was considered that I had made ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' and I'm like a [[Creator/MartinScorsese Marty Scorsese]] type of director, and here I am making this dumb Disney film with Robin Williams"... too bad that 15 years later Scorsese proved him wrong by releasing his own family-friendly CreatorsOddball with ''Film/{{Hugo}}'' to a very positive critical reception.

* HilariousInHindsight: In an interview Coppola stated that one of the reasons ''Jack'' didn't do well with critics and audiences is because he was PlayingAgainstType claiming: "It was considered that I had made ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' and I'm like a [[Creator/MartinScorsese Marty Scorsese]] type of director, and here I am making this dumb Disney film with Robin Williams"... too bad that 15 years later Scorsese proved him wrong by releasing his own family-friendly CreatorsOddball with ''Film/{{Hugo}}'' to a very positive critical reception.

* HilariousInHindsight: In an interview Coppola stated that one of the reasons ''Jack'' didn't do well is because he was PlayingAgainstType claiming: "It was considered that I had made ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' and I'm like a [[Creator/MartinScorsese Marty Scorsese]] type of director, and here I am making this dumb Disney film with Robin Williams"... too bad that 15 years later Scorsese released his own family-friendly CreatorsOddball with ''Film/{{Hugo}}'' which had a much better critical reception to say the least.

* NightmareFuel: While the movie starts out poking fun of the idea of a 10 year old in a 40 year old body, the second half of the film drops the pretense and shows that, yes, Jack's body is actually that old and, yes, he is going to die from old age probably by the time he's 20.

* HarsherInHindsight:

** The final scene. [[spoiler: Listening to Jack talk about not worrying about how much time you have and enjoying every moment is absolutely HEARTBREAKING when taking into account Robin Williams' [[DrivenToSuicide fate]].]]
* NightmareFuel: While the movie starts out poking fun of the idea of a 10 year old in a 40 year old body, the second half of the film drops the pretense and shows that, yes, Jack's body is actually that old and, yes, he is going to die from old age probably by the time he's 20.

* SpiritualAdaptation: ''Jack'' feels like a more kid-friendly ''Literature/TheCuriousCaseOfBenjaminButton''

* {{Padding}}: The whole subplot with the Fran Drescher character.

* AwesomeMoments: In the final scene of the film, we learn that Jack was named high school valedictorian.

* HilariousInHindsight: This was the first work of fiction featuring a RapidAging character named Jack. [[VideoGame/BioShock1 It was not the last.]]

** The final scene. [[spoiler: Listening to Jack talk about not worrying about how much time you have and enjoying every moment is absolutely HEARTBREAKING when taking into account Robin Williams' fate.]]

* {{Padding}}: The whole subplot with the Fran Drescher character.

* HarsherInHindsight: Jack's angina attack was already really hard to watch, but after Creator/RobinWilliams' heart surgery in 2009...

* TearJerker:
** Many, but the angina attack scene is particularly heartwrenching, especially when [[spoiler: Jack is told that he can't go back to school and he BEGS his father not to take him away from there as he finally has friends.]]
** Of the TearsOfJoy variant, there is the "Who I Want To Be When I Grow Up" report. God that was beautiful.
** Also Jack's reaction when he first learns of the assignment and looks forlornly at his blank paper:
-->''What do I want to be when I grow up? ...Alive.''

-->''What do I want to be when I grow up?...Alive.''

* HilariousInHindsight: This was the first work of fiction featuring a RapidAging character named Jack. [[BioShock It was not the last.]]

** Of the TearsOfJoy variant, there is the "Who I Want To Be When I Grow Up" report. God that was beautiful.