Synopsis
Jack of the Red Hearts (2016) is an American drama from director Janet Grillo, available to watch online on iFILM. A teenage runaway, dodging her probation officer, needs a place to disappear.
To pull her younger sister out of foster care, Molly cons her way into a comfortable suburban home by posing as a caregiver. The job: look after a girl on the autism spectrum whom no one has been able to reach. Somehow the liar gets through — they connect without words. The longer the deception holds, the more it costs her. AnnaSophia Robb plays Molly without easy sympathy; Famke Janssen is the worn-down mother grasping at hope.
Grillo has spent years working in the autism community, and it shows in the small, accurate behavioral details that carry the film instead of sentiment. It's one for viewers who like quiet stories about strangers who end up needing each other. Stream Jack of the Red Hearts (2016) online on iFILM.
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