Movies
May, 1989
At first glance, Cineplex Odeon's Jacknife--the moviemakers' spelling, not ours--would seem to be another drama about troubled Vietnam vets. That it is, but the movie, adapted by Stephen Metcalfe from his play Strange Snow and acted with melting warmth by Robert De Niro and Kathy Baker, works best as a contemporary love story. Baker is a Connecticut high school biology teacher who has neglected her own biological needs to keep house for her brother, De Niro's old Army buddy (Ed Harris). He's wor...
