Batkid Begins

Name: Batkid Begins
Genre: Biography, Family, Documentary
Released: June 26, 2015
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 63

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Warner Bros. | Release Date: June 26, 2015 | PG

Summary: On one day, in one city, the world comes together to grant one 5-year-old cancer patient his wish. The documentary Batkid Begins looks at the “why” of this flash phenomenon. Why did the intense outpouring of spontaneous support for a child reverberate around the world and become one of the biggest “good news stories” ever?

Director: Dana Nachman

Genre(s): Biography, Family, Documentary

Rating: PG

Runtime: 87 min

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Tim Appelo

Jun 25, 2015

The editing is ruthlessly efficient, and some of the talking-heads scenes are dramatized via lively comic-book renditions that lend visual panache. All the characters grab you, not just the kid. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jun 26, 2015

This winning film wins you over without manipulation, without guile and without ulterior motives. If you can’t feel good about humanity after this one, you can’t feel good. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Jun 25, 2015

The film is a fascinating look at how a true event can become a media event — and how courting the media can have good and bad results so mixed up that it’s hard to know where the good influence stops and the corrupting influence starts. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nick Allen

Jun 26, 2015

Batkid Begins brims with subjects who come in with their own enthusiasm, color, and comedy. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Jun 25, 2015

As to truly exploring the phenomenon of a live-tweeted collective fiction, the documentary makes a couple of intriguing observations but doesn't look far beyond the metrics, content to exult in the wow factor of it all, which admittedly is considerable. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Jun 25, 2015

Marveling without questioning, the movie is content to package the phenomenon and coast on its feel-good wave. Yet, somewhere around the midpoint, I began to wonder who was most thrilled by all this fuss. Read full review

Jordan Hoffman

Jun 25, 2015

Scott’s story is inspiring, as is the way everyone pitches in, from the police to the San Francisco Giants to Hollywood special effects geniuses to President Obama. But as a movie, this is like watching an expanded local news segment. Read full review

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Brent_Marchant

Jul 12, 2015

Without a doubt one of the best and most impactful feel good movies ever to have graced the big screen. This nicely detailed yet tautly edited documentary tells its story effectively without puffery or padding, and it does so in a highly stylish way. You can't help but walk away from thisWithout a doubt one of the best and most impactful feel good movies ever to have graced the big screen. This nicely detailed yet tautly edited documentary tells its story effectively without puffery or padding, and it does so in a highly stylish way. You can't help but walk away from this one feeling uplifted, energized and renewed in the faith of humanity.… Expand

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