Children Underground
Childhope International | Release Date: September 19, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
85
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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90
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
Belzberg doesn't intervene during the moments of violence, believing that the film can force social change only by showing the worst. If she is correct, then this film should move mountains. Read full review
90
Village VoiceEd Park
A horror story, told with Dickensian compassion, permeating outrage, and little hope. Read full review
90
VarietyRobert Koehler
Belzberg's unsparing camera sometimes portrays a level of cruelty that tests viewers' tolerance, but her fearless aesthetic is also a measure of the film's brilliant indictment of any society that can allow its most vulnerable to slip into oblivion. Read full review
88
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
First-time filmmaker Edet Belzberg may be the first person to assign any value to the lives of the homeless Romanian youngsters featured in her harrowing documentary.
80
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Homelessness is all too familiar to many inhabitants of the world's wealthiest cities, but rarely has the situation seemed so hopeless, or its victims so desperate. Read full review
80
The New York TimesStephen Holden
A singularly depressing film. In the face of such unrelieved, grinding poverty, hope fades. Read full review
75
New York PostLou Lumenick
A powerful piece of filmmaking. Read full review
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