Stolen Childhoods
Balcony Releasing | Release Date: May 20, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The New York TimesLawrence Van Gelder
Harrowing yet hopeful film. Read full review
70
Village VoiceAkiva Gottlieb
So well-intentioned it almost renders critical examination frivolous. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
A serious work of analysis, rooting the resistance to reform in Third World government corruption and Western profiteering. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
An impassioned plea for change, the film balances bleak, Dickensian conditions with details of a growing number of international programs designed to combat the epidemic. Read full review
63
New York PostLou Lumenick
It remains for a tougher documentary to more forcefully trace exactly who benefits from this shameful practice -- multinational corporations and consumers who don't ask enough questions. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Meryl Streep narrates this global update on child-labor abuses with all the enthusiasm and alarm of someone reading "The Pet Goat" to a classroom of second-graders. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
As moviemaking, it's monotonous. But its insistence on breaking our hearts proves a reliable weapon. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Well meaning but less than riveting in its execution, this documentary is far better suited for public television exposure than theatrical release. Read full review
50
VarietyRonnie Scheib
In its reliance on emotionally loaded voiceover and its disconcertingly direct appeals for support, Len Morris' old-fashioned docu seems more designed for fund-raising pitches than theatrical release. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Documentaries like Stolen Childhoods present an uncomfortable dilemma for anyone who cares how movies are made: They have virtually no aesthetic value, but compensate with unimpeachable social worth. Read full review
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