Jordan), a man of impeccable manners and military bearing whom her father trained and who reveres the older man. There she meets First Sergeant Charles Monroe King (Michael B. “A Journal for Jordan” is the sort of thing one would expect to find on a cable channel like Hallmark, but its pedigree has brought it a theatrical release it really doesn’t earn.Ĭhanté Adams plays Canedy, a frazzled New York Times reporter who visits her father (Robert Wisdom), a retired army sergeant, at his Kentucky home. Vanessa Aspillaga, Susan Pourfar, Joey Brooks, Spencer Squire and Clevelandīeto Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment/Columbia PicturesĪn old-fashioned real-life tearjerker, this adaptation of Dana Canedy’s 2008 memoir is also surprisingly stilted, given the talent on both sides of the camera.
Jordan, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch Director:ĭenzel Washington Screenplay: Virgil WilliamsĬhanté Adams, Jalon Christian, Robert Wisdom, Johnny M.