A Kid Like Jake Page #4

Synopsis: Alex and Greg Wheeler have high hopes for their son Jake, a bright and precocious four-year-old who happens to prefer Cinderella to GI Joe. On the eve of the admissions cycle for New York City kindergartens and aware they can't afford private school tuition, Judy, the director of Jake's preschool, encourages them to accentuate Jake's "gender variant" expression to help him stand out and try and get a scholarship.
Genre: Drama, Family
Director(s): Silas Howard
Production: IFC Films
 
IMDB:
4.9
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
52%
R
Year:
2018
92 min
629 Views


are a little..

And I.. Most of my patients,

they're pretty tame.

But you know, if you ever,

if there's a noise issue, or..

Oh! You're so sweet!

I haven't even noticed.

Oh, and I wouldn't want you

to worry about that.

I know, in my own work

how important vocalizing can be.

I find it's so helpful

in releasing

all kinds of emotional build-up.

I'm sure you're familiar

with Arthur Janov?

It's scream therapy.

It's what?

It.. Janov.

He was big in the '60s,

it was all about

finding your primal scream

and releasing it into the world.

Jesus.

Yeah, and apparently this is,

like, her niche, you know.

So, which means

this is not going to stop.

- Hello?

- Yeah, sorry. I just..

It's not his personality.

I think that's what bugged me.

What?

About Judy, she, she was acting

like I'd failed to mention

some deep-seated part of him,

and it's like..

Yeah, he likes fairy tales

but maybe that's not the most

critical thing worth mentioning.

He knows all 50 states,

he's already started reading.

How many kids his age

are reading?

Hey, Ally, Ally,

okay, I love you

but I think

that you're fixating.

No, I'm not fixating! I just

think he should get a clean slate.

I don't wanna send him off

to kindergarten labeled as --

I don't think anyone's

trying to label him.

You know, Ally, Judy loves Jake.

Judy loves you.

She's on your side, all right?

She's not, you know,

your mother.

Hey.

Hey, I was kidding.

No, it's fine. Um..

Ally..

Look, I gotta go. Uh..

Uh -- uh, I love you.

Nipples?

I wanna touch your nipple.

What if we pitched it like..

...Jake is not limited

to trucks, or whatever.

Uh, he likes

all sorts of toys and games.

Equal opportunity.

Yeah. "Our son, he walks

into a Toys"R"Us

"and he does not discriminate

on the basis of perceived

gender norms."

That's actually not that bad.

But that's just an idea.

We don't have to..

Oh, my God.

Ally..

What's wrong?

Whoa, whoa.

You're not happy?

- No, no, of course, I'm happy.

- Hey, hey.

I just don't..

I don't want to assume.

No. Of course not.

And we won't.

But with Jake,

everything was fine.

It's not a pattern.

No, it's just, I, I..

I -- I guess I didn't think

it would happen so fast.

Well, I am sorry

that I'm so damn virile.

I don't -- I don't know

what else to say

besides that, though,

I am sorry.

All right, slow down there.

Bye.. Thank you.

This is a very dressed-up dress.

We believe it's our job

to harness every student's

unique potential.

Nurturing

intellectual curiosity.

Critical thinking.

Problem-solving.

Artistic expression.

Jake! Breakfast!

Socks make my feet sticky!

Hey, buddy.

We're running late.

We do give priority to siblings.

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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