Caroline and Jackie

Caroline and Jackie is a 2013 arthouse drama film written and directed by Adam Christian Clark.

The films opening credits have a lingering sense of unease to them, which is capitalized on as soon as Caroline and Jackie arrive at the surprise birthday party Caroline has planned for Jackie despite her birthday not being for two months and it actually being Carolines birthday where the dynamic between the pair and Ryan, to some degree is pushed out to the larger group, ratcheted up by rapid cuts and lingering looks between Jackies friends. But its not just a surprise dinner party that Caroline has put together when the group ends up back at Jackies place, the real party is revealed. Its an intervention for Jackie, headed up by Caroline, who hopes that she and Jackies friends can help her with a variety of issues anorexia, pill abuse, alcoholism, and even sexual promiscuity.When Jackie inevitably flees the house, much of the tension of the film is deflated, but it does allow deeper character reveals, with Caroline making a move on another intervention attendee or two, Jackie taking off for a bar, and every one of Jackies supposedly worried friends acting less than caring. Clark uses some noticeable and basic plot tricks pulling people apart and putting them back together, mixing up interactions between different characters, changing locations but they all serve his aim, which is to slowly unfold the story in a believable way. ........

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