The Kids Grow Up

Name: The Kids Grow Up
Genre: Documentary
Released: October 29, 2010
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 61

2010

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Shadow Distribution | Release Date: October 29, 2010

Summary: Documentary filmmaker Doug Block (51 Birch Street) has captured much of his daughter Lucy’s life – and their relationship – on camera. Now his only child is 17 and preparing to leave home for college. Lucy’s imminent departure is the springboard for The Kids Grow Up, a funny, moving and deeply personal look at modern-day parenting. (ShadowDocumentary filmmaker Doug Block (51 Birch Street) has captured much of his daughter Lucy’s life – and their relationship – on camera. Now his only child is 17 and preparing to leave home for college. Lucy’s imminent departure is the springboard for The Kids Grow Up, a funny, moving and deeply personal look at modern-day parenting. (Shadow Distribution)… Expand

Director: Doug Block

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 90 min

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A.O. Scott

Oct 28, 2010

You are not Doug Block, of course. Except to the extent - measured by the depth of your absorption in this remarkable film - that you are. Read full review

Andrew O'Hehir

Oct 29, 2010

His final scenes with Lucy and with his own dad are both surprising and shattering, and I was left humbled by the film's honesty. Read full review

Boxoffice Magazine John P. McCarthy

Oct 29, 2010

The absorbingly bittersweet result ranks as one of the best non-fiction films of the year. Read full review

Aaron Hillis

Oct 26, 2010

The second in a proposed self-reflective doc trilogy, director Doug Block's embarrassingly honest follow-up to "51 Birch Street" (2005) is a neurotic, occasionally poignant rumination on his teenage daughter doing just what the title says. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Oct 30, 2010

How much of this you'll find enlightening and how much simply creepy will depend on your tolerance for cinematic navel-gazing. Read full review

John Anderson

Oct 24, 2010

Obsession, compulsion and fear are all part of The Kids Grow Up, which is occasionally a less-than-pleasant reminder of the goofy way we can act even while we think we're being sane. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

Oct 29, 2010

Maybe being able to look back in time is comforting for Block and company, but what makes him think complete strangers give a damn about his not-especially-interesting family? I certainly don't. Read full review

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