If you are like me and have a young girl in your close family, I have six. This film will pull your heart strings and hit home.
The Pledge is Jack Nicholson’s latest major motion picture. Jumpin Jack reportedly has a reputation of doing only what he wanted and capturing souls in turmoil at the hands of a cruel society. His manic passion served as an inspiring lightning bolt that made audience members feel in touch with their inner wild child. The surprise is that some of the best work of his career was actually in the latter half, when he was older and wiser, with a more refined touch on just how much of his inner wild child needed to be let out. By the 21st century, he'd formed a new niche in playing sad and defeated men grasping for an identity, men whose unique fire had long since burned out or were on the brink of being snuffed, like in the underseen The Pledge. Sean Penn's strongest directorial effort came out with a whimper upon release, but Nicholson's performance was so powerful that Roger Ebertcalled it one of his best roles.