Reviews – J
Joe Versus the Volcano Synopsis: When a hypochondriac learns that he is dying, he accepts an offer to throw himself in a volcano at a tropical island, and along the way there, learns to truly live.
The Jewel of the Nile: When Joan Wilder is abducted while on a trip along the Nile, her boyfriend, Jack Colton, and pal Ralph rush to rescue her and retrieve a fabled jewel.
Just My Luck Synopsis: Manhattanite Ashley is known to many as the luckiest woman around. After a chance encounter with a down-and-out young man, however, she realizes that she’s swapped her fortune for his. Ashley (Lindsay Lohan) is one lucky lady. She has a fabulous job and a killer high-rise apartment in Manhattan, and things seem to fall perfectly into place for her no matter what she does. Jake (Chris Pine) lives on the opposite end of the luck spectrum, where every possible disaster that could go wrong for him does. One night, Jake disguises himself as a dancer and…
Just Married Synopsis: A young newlywed couple honeymoon in Europe, where obstacles challenge their ability to sustain the marriage. After a short romance, Tom and Sarah decide to get married. It seems as though maybe the romance is doomed from the start, as they both come from very different backgrounds and suffice it to say, Sarah’s upper-class family is not at all impressed with Tom. Not only that, but a family friend wants Sarah for himself, and he’s far more in line with what her parents had hoped for her regarding a husband. That doesn’t stop Tom and Sarah from…
Just Like Heaven Synopsis: A lonely landscape architect falls for the spirit of the beautiful woman who used to live in his new apartment. Elizabeth is a physician who puts the term workaholic to shame. One night, on her way to her sister’s house to meet a blind date, she’s in a car accident that finds her in a coma. Unaware of her plight, Elizabeth the ghost finds a strange man named David in her apartment, who claims he is subletting her apartment. Together, they try to find out what happened to Elizabeth and if there is a way to…
Jumping the Broom Synopsis: Two very different families converge on Martha’s Vineyard one weekend for a wedding. After another empty one-night stand, Sabrina (Paula Patton) makes a pact with God not to sleep with another man until she’s married. And then, in classic meet-cute fashion, she hits a good-looking man with her car, and it’s essentially love at first sight. After a few months of dating, Sabrina gets a job offer in China and asks Jason (Laz Alonso) to try the long-distance thing. Jason declines but then surprises Sabrina with a proposal. Everything moves very quickly after that, which strains…
Just Go With It Synopsis: On a weekend trip to Hawaii, a plastic surgeon convinces his loyal assistant to pose as his soon-to-be-divorced wife in order to cover up a careless lie he told to his much-younger girlfriend. As with every Happy Madison Production, there are both upsides and downsides to Just Go With It. After finding out his soon-to-be bride had cheated on him, Danny Maccabee (Adam Sandler) becomes a successful surgeon in Los Angeles. To keep from getting his heart broken again, he’s developed a system to wear his wedding ring when he’s out picking up women. That…
Just Wright Synopsis: A physical therapist falls for the basketball player she is helping recover from a career-threatening injury. Leslie Wright is a physical therapist who is great at her job but unlucky in love. Most men she’s tried to date decide she’s more of a “homegirl” than a girlfriend. It doesn’t help that her best friend Morgan is drop-dead gorgeous, the woman destined for a great love story. Morgan’s goal is to marry an athlete and be taken care of, while Leslie is mostly content with her job and working on her new fixer-upper with her father. One night,…
Just Friends Synopsis: While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with — a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer. Chris Brander (Ryan Reynolds) is a record executive in L.A. who has avoided returning home after being humiliated at a graduation party a decade earlier when attempting to tell his best friend Jamie (Amy Smart) that he was in love with her. Unfortunately, just before Christmas, Chris gets stranded in New Jersey with egocentric pop singer Samantha James (Anna Faris) on their…