Gardens of the Night
City Lights Pictures | Release Date: November 7, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
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Mixed or average reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
The film gives vivid reality to those photos of disappeared children on milk cartons by letting us peek into the lives of two abducted children subjected to sexual abuse and then prostitution. Read full review
50
VarietyLeslie Felperin
Well-meaning but underachieving drama. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Recovery time is recommended after seeing Gardens of the Night, a harrowing, obliquely told story of kidnapping and forced child prostitution that conjures a world entirely populated by predators and prey. Read full review
40
Village VoiceEd Gonzalez
Pitched at the risible level of Marco Kreuzpaintner's Trade, the film never quite recovers from writer-director Damian Harris's dithering way of shooting things. Read full review
38
New York PostLou Lumenick
Tom Arnold plays the fatherly head of a child-prostitution ring and John Malkovich a sympathetic social worker - two clever casting twists that constitute the main interest in the grueling Gardens of the Night. Read full review
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