Some found this work 'insulting' due to the premise.

The fans seem to forget that artistic people who do not spread their wings, and plant their feet on strange ground, never grow as individuals and artists. Many have bludgeoned Coppola's involvement in such a scheme, citing his prior 'masterpiece' works while bemoaning this one. Jack is born with a genetic disorder which causes him to age 4 years for every 10, thereby causing him to appear as a 40 year old man at the age of 10.

There is nothing endearing, sweet, or sentimental about Clifford. While both works require a total suspension of belief in order to enjoy them, Jack is endearing, sweet, sentimental, and entertaining. That not withstanding, Clifford was a holy terror, while Jack is a mother's dream. However, this work is the anti-thesis of that work, as an adult portrays a young child, physically, which thrusts Jack into the same venue as Martin Short's 'Clifford,' which was done some two years prior to this work.

Many reviewers have compared this work to Tom Hanks's Big, wherein a young boy wishes he were 'big,' and the wish is granted. And when a shooting star streaks through the blackness, turning night into day. And if you're ever distressed, cast your eyes to the summer sky when the stars are strung across the velvety night. Because in the end, none of us have very long on this Earth.

We start to worry, thinking, 'What am I gonna do? Where am I gonna be in 10 years?' But I say to you, 'Hey, look at me!' Please, don't worry so much. You know, as we come to the end of this phase of our life, we find ourselves trying to remember the good times and trying to forget the bad times, and we find ourselves thinking about the future. I don't have very much time these days so I'll make it quick. Lawrence Woodruff: Ladies and gentleman, it is my honor to introduce this year's valedictorian, Jack Charles Powell.

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