A Journal for Jordan (2021) on Netflix
First Sergeant Charles Monroe King, serving in Iraq, fills a journal with love and advice for his baby son. His fiancée, Dana Canedy, shares it with the boy.
- Netflix2.5/5
- IMDb6.0/103,467 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes39%
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Plot summary
Charles Monroe King and Dana Canedy meet and build a relationship that changes both their lives. When King, a first sergeant, is deployed to Iraq, Dana is pregnant with their son, Jordan. From there he keeps a journal, filling its pages with love and advice for a boy he has not yet met. Dana, a senior editor at The New York Times, holds on to the journal and later shares it with Jordan. Going through King's words with her son, she looks back at how the two of them came together, and at what he hoped to hand down to a child he could not be with.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about A Journal for Jordan (2021)
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- A Journal for Jordan is based on the true story of 1st Sergeant Charles Monroe King, who kept a journal of love and advice for his infant son while deployed in Iraq; his fiancée, Dana Canedy, shared that journal with their son.
