When the paramedic who answers their 911 call tried to win over acerbic jean jones, his attempts are disrupted by old conflicts that come to a boil at the funeral. Her debut indie feature jean of the joneses is screening at the toronto international film festival on. The movie was released and received positively at the sxsw film festival in 2016. If jean of the joneses feels fresher than most multigenerational ensemble dramedies, credit not only the relative novelty of an allblack, mostly female cast, but also writerdirector stella.
With francois arnaud, gloria reuben, anna hopkins, sherri shepherd. There were other movies released on the same date, including jack reacher. How the photograph is reimagining the black love story. Jean jones, a gawky, 25year old finds new love unexpectedly in the back of a. Stella meghie and taylour paige jean of the joneses sxsw. Jean of the joneses 2016 letterboxd your life in film.
Jean, a literary multicultural wunderkid or so called by the new yorker, is on the brink of following in the family tradition of selfinflicted abandonment and failure until one day. Stella meghie completed the script for jean of the joneses in 2010. Like, this is where i leave you and just about every movie woody allen has ever. The current project slate includes films with leading international cast, and is constantly updated and offers exciting and lucrative opportunities for the investor. Throughout the film, the jones women face their divorces, infidelities, and past transgressions. A suburban couple becomes embroiled in an international espionage plot when they discover that their seemingly perfect new neighbors are government spies.
Gloria reuben and sherri shepherd in jean of the joneses 2016. When the paramedic who answers the 911 call tries to win over acerbic jean jones, his attempts are disrupted by old conflicts that come to a boil at the funeral. While at school she completed and edited the script for jean of the joneses, her debut film, but didnt have the backing and funding to produce it until 2016. This may be our most original, tv one original yet. Et the networks latest original movie centers on 25yearold jean, portrayed. Jean of the joneses is a darkly funny, laterthanusual. Keeping up with the joneses was released in 2016 on friday, october 21, 2016 in nationwide movie theaters. Thats just one part of jean jones odd, quirky life that begins to unravel in hilarious and heartfelt ways in jean of the joneses. A domestic comedy about the mcginis familyhusband aloysius, wife clarice, daughter julie, and housemaid belladonna. I wrote jean of the joneses, my first film, while i was in school and kind. Jean of the joneses premieres on tv one sunday, october 23rd and stars erica ash, sherri shepherd, michelle hurst, gloria reuben and taylour paige. Jean jones, a gawky, 25year old finds new love unexpectedly in the back of a brooklyn ambulance with paramedic ray malcolm on the day the grandfather shes never met shows up on her doorstep and drops dead with her book in his pocket.
Roadside attractions later purchased the united states theatrical distribution rights. Jean of the joneses a witty directorial debut hints at big things to come by sean l. Finally a festival film with mostly women of color that isnt about suffering and is writtendirected by a women of color. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Because after the script was done i just thought, whos gonna tell a story.
It took meghie time to get the film she wanted to make get produced. It stars demi moore, david duchovny, amber heard, and ben hollingsworth. One of the main faults is the editing but ill mention this film finished post production weeks before sxsw. Unfortunately, jean of the joneses is a type of film i could not understand the point of being made in the first place. In recent years premiere picture has worked with leading producers and finance specialists to finance and coproduce over 80 feature films and documentaries. Dont miss jean of the joneses on sunday, october 23 at 76c on tv one. Tv one premieres film festival sensation jean of the. The joneses is a 2009 american film written and directed by derrick borte. Meghies comedy centers on the dysfunctional women who make. Then she directed and found financing for her first film, jean of the joneses, which she originally wrote while in school. Watch sherri shepherd in a clip from jean of the joneses. Jean of the joneses 2016 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Tiff 2016 announces discovery lineup, in conversation with guests, vr offerings and much more the annual fall festival has nearly completed its full lineup announcement, with plenty of.
Recently, the sentinel joined tv one affiliates at the harmony gold theatre in hollywood for the tv one premiere of jean of the joneses, a comedydrama starring taylour paige hit the floor as. In particular, jean faces the tough truths of her career and her. Jean of the joneses remains original in its darkly funny perspective on the contemporary black experience and that universal feeling of having lived a third of your. The joneses were the mcginiss neighbors, but were not depicted. Against the advice of her family, who all seem to be stewing in their own secrets, jean plans the funeral for gray jones and uncovers some tough truths about. Its not at all surprising that the torontoborn meghie landed representation by caa shortly after the films march premiere at sxswshes a natural.
Jean of the joneses shows us what the future of film. Meghies screenplay won the atlanta film festival screenplay competition in 2011. Sherri shepherd, taylour paige star in jean of the. Spike lee meets whit stillman in this accomplished debut. Do not be fooled by the jazzy new york vibe of stella meghies multigenerational comedy jean of the joneses. Why does everything have to be about slavery and poverty, sighs the writer jean jones, the neurotic, conceited yet evercharming descendant of a middleclass jamaicanamerican family from new york. In 2016, she managed to squeeze it into the south by southwest film. Ash talks to the tom joyner morning show about her role in the starz hit, survivors remorse and what to expect from jean of the joneses.
That film walked so the photograph could run, she joked. When the paramedic who answers their 911 call tried to win over acerbic jean jones, his attempts are. Jean jones taylour paige is an aspiring writer whose underwhelming personal life and undesirable career prospects have left her with little to no hope for the future. Keeping up with the joneses is a 2016 american action comedy film directed by greg mottola and distributed by 20th century fox. Comedy featuring taylour paige, sherri shepherd, gloria reuben, erica ash, michelle hurst, mamoudou athie and francois arnaud. The movie just premiered, three months into the year 2016. Meghie ended up writing the script onspec and filming jean and everything, everything before the project grew some legs.
In theatres november 11 the lives of 25yearold jean jones and her multigenerational, middleclass jamaicanamerican family of strongminded, stubborn yet. The film, starring taylour paige as the eponymous jean jones, premiered at the 2016 sxsw film festival. In stella meghies winning jean of the joneses, the former view cohost plays the frosty uptown mother of a slacker novelist named jean and is forced to take in the girl while she. Jean of the joneses 2016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Meanwhile, packer grew his empire with box office hits like 2015s straight outta compton, 2016s almost christmas, and 2017s girls trip. With zach galifianakis, isla fisher, jon hamm, gal gadot. It premiered at the 2009 toronto international film festival on september, 2009. He is best known for his work as cesare borgia on showtimes period drama series the borgias, manfred bernardo on nbcs midnight, texas, and tommy castelli on unreal. While it is reminiscent of the works of woody allen and whit stillman, meghies film has its own wonderfully distinct voice. Whats the best way to get your stubborn family to a funeral. The multitalented star, who toured in 2015 and performed at several major music festivals in 2016, has mostly retired from acting, though she appeared in the 2016 rock n roll film. Caa shortly after the films march premiere at sxswshes a natural storyteller. Taylour paige celebrity profile check out the latest taylour paige photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes.
Erica ash stars in tv ones jean of the joneses black. One of the main faults is the editing but ill mention this film finished post. Its story follows a suburban couple galifianakis and fisher who begin to suspect their new neighbors hamm and gadot are secret agents. Introducing both a fresh new voice and a fresh new face to independent filmmaking, jean of the joneses is a crisply urbane comedy from firsttime writerdirector stella meghie, boasting a. The film follows the mishaps of jean taylour paige, a promising young writer who is.
The simple story lines often parody societys concern with material goods as an indicator of social standing, but the series was not as narrowly focused as the title implies. Jean of the joneses writerdirector stella meghie makes a fine debut with this portrait of a squabbling jamaicanamerican family. It does happen that when we watch a particular film whose concept we might not understand we find ourselves saying the same thing, it makes no sense. Jean of the joneses 2016stream and watch online moviefone. Black women dont often find themselves in the studio. Jean of the joneses is about a girl from a dysfunctional family of jamaican women who have happily sent all the men in their lives running for the past 30 years. But even with three movie titles and a credit on a criticallyacclaimed hbo. Jean of the joneses is a 2016 canadianamerican film written and directed by stella meghie in her directorial debut.