Approved for Adoption

Name: Approved for Adoption
Genre: Biography, Animation, Family
Released: November 8, 2013
Duration: 70 min
Rating: 73

2013

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| Release Date: November 8, 2013 | Not Rated

Summary: Comic-book artist Jung returns to Seoul for the first time since he was adopted by a Belgian family at the age of 5.

Director: Jung and Laurent Boileau

Genre(s): Biography, Animation, Family

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 70 min

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Joe Morgenstern

Nov 21, 2013

Visualizations are Mr. Jung's province, and they're what make his movie so deeply moving, as well as literally illuminating. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Nov 21, 2013

A vibrant example of hybrid nonfiction filmmaking, using hand-drawn animation, live action, home movies and newsreels in a rich synthesis of personal and historical memory. Read full review

Jay Weissberg

Nov 5, 2013

It’s impossible not to be charmed on some level by Jung Henin and Laurent Boileau’s Approved for Adoption, though it’s best not to ask for too much. Read full review

Neil Young

Nov 5, 2013

Crucially, Jung and Boileau manage to convey the bonds of affection and love that hold this unusual family together, in a manner that will ring a moving chord with many who have experienced similar circumstances. Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

Nov 8, 2013

The movie is not always well unified and sequenced, but that seems to reflect Mr. Henin’s ambivalence over a past that’s like a book he is at once rereading and rewriting. Read full review

Daphne Howland

Nov 5, 2013

Watching the animated memoir Approved for Adoption can stir a serenity like skipping stones on water for a delightfully long time. Read full review

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