A Journal for Jordan2021
A Journal for Jordan (2021)
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Critic Consensus: A Journal for Jordan's affecting fact-based story stumbles onscreen thanks to Denzel Washington's undistinguished direction and overly sentimental approach.
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Cast
as Charles Monroe King
as cast
as Dana Canedy
as Robin
as Miriam
as Aaron Sandberg
as Jordan
as Mohammed
as Rosenblum
as Waitress
as Manny
as Airline Passenger
as Parkgoer
as Times Journalist
as Imhoff
as Waiter
as Janitor
as Iraq Kid
as Party Guest
as Party Guest
as Columnist
as DC Tourist
as Diner Patron
as Tourist
as Tourist
as 1998 Bar Patron
Critic Reviews for A Journal for Jordan
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Adams is a vivacious screen presence with a twinkle in her eye, and Jordan can't quite match her, unable to draw out any real inner turmoil in a character who is respectable to a fault.
The chemistry between Jordan and Adams never gels (Charles appears slightly annoyed by Dana throughout), and there are a plethora of superfluous scenes that simply die on camera.
A Journal For Jordan is probably better suited to the page than the screen.
Visually, the style is basic. Under the surface the movie has complexity enough to handle a story whose timeline - a zigzag of points between 1998 and 2018 - is just one potential tangle.
It's well told, tidy, and laudable.
The personal voice Canedy provided in her memoir that made her book so thoughtful, so memorable is missing.
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