Blessed Child
| Release Date (Streaming): July 17, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
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Mixed or average reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
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0
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IndieWireDavid EhrlichJul 14, 2020
It spreads itself too wide and too shallow, and leaves us wishing that we might have seen more of the journey that has come to define Jones’ adult life: The path to starting a family of her own. Read full review
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Slant MagazineChuck BowenJul 14, 2020
Filmmaker Cara Jones offers a poignant testament to the baggage and insecurities hounding her own life. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiJul 17, 2020
The film is a little too scattershot for its own good, which becomes especially frustrating when some of these detours actually come across as potentially being far more interesting than the central narrative thread. Read full review
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The New York TimesBen KenigsbergJul 16, 2020
Jones’s former affiliation presumably helped with access; adherents seem to trust her, and some clips are credited to the church. It also gives her a complicated, at times surprisingly sympathetic outlook on the cult. Read full review
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