Jack and Jill Vs The World is a 2008 movie which saw Jack (played by Freddie Prinze Jr.) - a thirty-something New York City advertising executive - meeting Jill (played by Taryn Manning) - a free-spirited young woman - and falling very quickly in love with her. Together, the pair came up with a manifesto of "rules to live by", which you can see below:
Rule 1: Be honest Rule 2: Believe in fairy tales Rule 3: Accept time as our friend Rule 4: Make sure the nookie is good Rule 5: Promote beauty. Wage a sustained campaign against ugliness Rule 6: Abandon the pursuit of happiness and its false promise Rule 7: Show compassion, except to pirates Rule 8: Less TV Rule 9: Always be willing to admit when you're wrong
When Jill started to go missing for prolonged periods, Jack forced her to explain why and learned that her spells of absence were a result of the treatment she needed for cystic fibrosis - an ultimately terminal illness - and for violating their pact of honesty, he broke up with her. The film then depicted their mutual realisation that they can't be apart and Jill faked a bomb threat at Jack's work, just as he was quitting his job. Realising she did that, he sought her out and the two made up and headed off to face the world together, unaware of what the future held.
