The Ballad of Jack and Rose is a 2005 drama film written and directed by Rebecca Miller, and starring her husband Daniel Day-Lewis; it also stars Camilla Belle, Catherine Keener, Paul Dano, Ryan McDonald, Jason Lee, Jena Malone, Susanna Thompson and Beau Bridges.

The film tells the story of an environmentalist and his teenage daughter who live on a secluded island commune.

[3] In 1986, Jack Slavin, a Scottish farmer with a heart ailment, lives on an island which had been a hippie commune decades before.

Since Rose's mother had left the family, Jack homeschooled his daughter and did not expose her to life beyond their small island home.

Afterward, Rose calmly takes her father's shotgun and possibly misfires it into Jack and Kathleen's bedroom as they sleep.

Rodney is often criticized by his mother for being overweight, and the two fight constantly about his diet, but Rose sees only his kindness and intelligence.

While trapping a copperhead intended for scaring Kathleen, Rose sees Thaddius and a girl named Red Berry having sex in the woods.

Back on the island, Jack offers Kathleen ten thousand dollars, then fifteen, in order to have her move out.

Rose had originally planned to kill herself when her father died, but after setting the house on fire and lying down next to Jack's body, she changes her mind and escapes.

[4] The Ballad of Jack and Rose premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2005; it was later given a limited theatrical release on March 23, 2005, grossing $59,459 in its opening weekend, in four theaters.

[6] Others praised it; Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times called the film a "model of artistic, provocative American filmmaking".

The DVD contained commentary with director and writer Rebecca Miller and the making of The Ballad of Jack and Rose.