RogerEbert.com — A Kid Like Jake
“A Kid Like Jake” handles a complicated topic with sensitivity and grace. This is not an after-school special. In depicting the life of a Brooklyn couple (Jim Parsons and Claire Danes) whose kindergarten-bound son, Jake (Leo James Davis), enjoys dressing in tutus and pretending he’s a Disney princess, director Silas Howard and writer Daniel Pearle don’t rely on a mawkish tone or offer obvious lessons. But I do wish they’d gone a little deeper. My mixed RogerEbert.com review.