Synopsis
Sunny Holiday, a middle-aged country singer with dreams of stardom, walks out on his wife and child and hits the road with his manager in a desperate search for fame and fortune... and to get far away from the past he's left behind.
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Cast
- Jon GriesSunny Holiday / Glen Allen Johnson
- Garrett MorrisLester Irving
- Daryl HannahBobbi
- Adam BaldwinMel James
- Anthony EdwardsTracy
- Mark PolishSad Eyes
- Crystal BernardCheryl
- Peggy LiptonJanice
- Patrick BauchauSanta Claus / Voice of Sevon
Recommendations
- 88
Philadelphia Inquirer
Filled with bleak, beautiful Hopperesque tableaus and strange characters whose lives intersect. - 78
Austin Chronicle
Its doomed portrait of guileless dreamers may be found lacking in plot activity and empathetic characters. But for anyone interested in a movie that wipes clean the grungy patina of self-delusionment, Jackpot hits solid pay dirt. - 75
Christian Science Monitor
Gries and Morris act up a storm as the optimistically named Sunny Holiday and his long-suffering manager. - 75
Chicago Tribune
The acting is primo and the cinematography, on high-definition video by the gifted M. David Mullen, is striking. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
In its mastery of its moments, Jackpot has charm, humor and poignancy. What it lacks is necessity. There's a sense in which we're always waiting for it to kick in. - 40
TV Guide Magazine
This dogged journey of self-delusion is interrupted periodically by snippets of footage...that promise a dark revelation that would give an edge to the otherwise tedious goings-on but, sadly, never materializes. - 40
Los Angeles Times
Jackpot has much that is sweet and funny, but it is not overly original--and it is overly long and not as coherent as it might be. - 33
Portland Oregonian
A very depressing movie.