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With his debut solo album on the horizon, 22-year old Something Corporate singer Andrew McMahon expected big things in 2005. Leukemia wasn’t one of them. “Dear Jack” chronicles McMahon on a rollercoaster year, through the highs of recording and releasing a solo album (under the name Jack’s Mannequin) and the lows of being diagnosed with leukemia and breaking up with the love of his life.Using a DV camera Maverick Records bought him to capture the making of his album, Andrew shot everything before and after the crucial day in May of 2005 when he both finished the project and was diagnosed with cancer. The documentary is a raw look at the battle that is leukemia, from spinal taps to radiation, from using a lint brush to remove your hair to infusing your body with someone else’s stem cells ( in the case, Andrew’s sister Kate, coincidentally on the exact date his album was released).The film opens on the day Andrew is diagnosed and follows him through every scary, life-changing and intensely personal event that follows. It also flashes back to this childhood, the making of the Jack’s Mannequin album and his collaboration with Tommy Lee, one of the last concerts he played before becoming ill, and his relationships with the two most crucial woman in his life, his sister and her best friends. “Dear Jack” is a breathtakingly emotional film, as well as a testament to family, friends and, perhaps more than anyone will ever know, a love of making music. (via DearJackMovie)

Watching this documentary, I spent almost the entire time with tears in my eyes. While watching it, I had so many different emotions running through my body. I lost my Grandfather to cancer almost 2 years ago, so watching Andrew McMahon fight through his leukemia brought back so many memories of him. What I felt like watching him in his hospital bed, how I felt everyday and how he must have felt. It was hard to watch the documentary without thinking of my Grandfather. It was also so crazy to think that at the time he was diagnosed with this illness, he was 2 years younger then I am now. I know that things like this happen to people of all ages, but when it’s someone who you can relate to like this, it puts your life in a whole different perspective.
This documentary is very intriguing to watch. It’s full of emotion and hope. Watching, you see the progression of the illness, how a strong 23 year old man turns is slowly beaten down by this disease but fights every step of the way to survive. If you are a fan of Something Corporate and Jack’s Mannequin or you’re not, I suggest watching this documentary.

With his debut solo album on the horizon, 22-year old Something Corporate singer Andrew McMahon expected big things in 2005.
Leukemia wasn’t one of them.

“Dear Jack” chronicles McMahon on a rollercoaster year, through the highs of recording and releasing a solo album (under the name Jack’s Mannequin) and the lows of being diagnosed with leukemia and breaking up with the love of his life.

Using a DV camera Maverick Records bought him to capture the making of his album, Andrew shot everything before and after the crucial day in May of 2005 when he both finished the project and was diagnosed with cancer. The documentary is a raw look at the battle that is leukemia, from spinal taps to radiation, from using a lint brush to remove your hair to infusing your body with someone else’s stem cells ( in the case, Andrew’s sister Kate, coincidentally on the exact date his album was released).

The film opens on the day Andrew is diagnosed and follows him through every scary, life-changing and intensely personal event that follows. It also flashes back to this childhood, the making of the Jack’s Mannequin album and his collaboration with Tommy Lee, one of the last concerts he played before becoming ill, and his relationships with the two most crucial woman in his life, his sister and her best friends.

“Dear Jack” is a breathtakingly emotional film, as well as a testament to family, friends and, perhaps more than anyone will ever know, a love of making music. (via DearJackMovie)

Watching this documentary, I spent almost the entire time with tears in my eyes. While watching it, I had so many different emotions running through my body. I lost my Grandfather to cancer almost 2 years ago, so watching Andrew McMahon fight through his leukemia brought back so many memories of him. What I felt like watching him in his hospital bed, how I felt everyday and how he must have felt. It was hard to watch the documentary without thinking of my Grandfather. It was also so crazy to think that at the time he was diagnosed with this illness, he was 2 years younger then I am now. I know that things like this happen to people of all ages, but when it’s someone who you can relate to like this, it puts your life in a whole different perspective.

This documentary is very intriguing to watch. It’s full of emotion and hope. Watching, you see the progression of the illness, how a strong 23 year old man turns is slowly beaten down by this disease but fights every step of the way to survive. If you are a fan of Something Corporate and Jack’s Mannequin or you’re not, I suggest watching this documentary.