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Claire Danes, Jim Parsons, and Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer star in the tender drama A Kid Like Jake, which follows two parents trying to understand their child’s gender expression as they navigate the challenging enrollment process for NYC’s prestigious private schools.
Synopsis
Brooklyn parents Alex (Claire Danes) and Greg (Jim Parsons) are lucky to have a kid like Jake. Their four-year-old is bright, precocious, creative—and just happens to prefer Disney princesses to toy cars and skirts to jeans. Jake’s “gender expansive” behavior—as local preschool director Judy (Octavia Spencer) dubs it—is no big deal to Alex and Greg. Or so it seems, until the process of navigating New York City’s hyper-competitive private school system opens up a parental quagmire: could Jake’s gender nonconformity be just the thing that gives their child an edge in the admissions game? How young is too young to put a label on a child’s identity? Is this just a phase, or is Jake truly transgender?
Split in their opinions on how to handle the situation, Alex and Greg find themselves navigating an emotional and ethical minefield with one patch of common ground between them: their fierce desire to do what’s right for Jake. Transparent director Silas Howard helms this timely, honest, emotionally rich look at 21st-century parenting.
“Simply lovely.” – The Hollywood Reporter
“A Kid Like Jake works because of the incredible performances of Claire Danes and Jim Parsons and the insightful writing of Daniel Pearle.” – Film Threat
“Captivating, wise and emotionally engrossing with just the right balance of Truth and Spectacle. Claire Danes gives one of the best performances of her career.” – NYC Movie Guru
Runtime: 90 minutes
Rating: UR
Director: Silas Howard
Country: USA
Language: English
Showtimes
Friday, June 15: 10:00AM, 6:10
Saturday, June 16: 12:05, 4:15
Sunday, June 17: 6:20
Monday, June 18: 11:00AM, 7:30
Tuesday, June 19: 3:20, 9:35
Wednesday, June 20: 3:20, 5:15
Thursday, June 21: 3:20, 9:30
$11 General Admission / $8.50 Students & Seniors / $7.50 Members. Tickets available at box office or online.
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