I Am David
Lions Gate Films | Release Date: December 3, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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70
VarietyRobert Koehler
An unusually intelligent adventure film scaled for younger viewers, which never leaves adults behind. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
While probably not suitable for the wee ones, older kids and most adults will love this exciting and heartfelt adventure of one boy's survival during the darkest days of post-war Europe. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
The movie meets the requirements of the "Life Is Beautiful" school; those loyal to the tougher, more stringent Osama academy of realism need not apply. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneRobert K. Elder
The beautifully shot but dramatically strained I Am David falls prey to the defect of all poor road movies: In gluing together unbelievable but convenient episodes with sugary sentimentality, it loses most of its credibility. Read full review
50
Dallas ObserverGregory Weinkauf
I Am David is by far the best after-school special to hit the big screen this season. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterJoe Mader
The picture is essentially a tearjerker, with little originality or insight. Read full review
40
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
While it's not always necessary for filmmakers to relate that closely to their material, Feig's marked distance from the story of a sullen boy who parts the Iron Curtain may account for its generic artlessness. Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Unfortunately writer-director Paul Feig has a weakness for artiness in general and hokey art movies in particular, and the overall sluggishness of this 2003 adaptation starring Ben Tibber makes such devices as slow-motion seem like mannered rhetoric. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
I couldn't believe a moment of it, and never identified with little David. Read full review
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