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  • 2015
  • PG
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2015
  • PG
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 27 m

Summary On one day, in one city, the world comes together to grant one 5-year-old cancer patient his wish. The documentary Batkid Begins looks at the “why” of this flash phenomenon. Why did the intense outpouring of spontaneous support for a child reverberate around the world and become one of the biggest “good news stories” ever?

Written By: John Crane

  • 2015
  • PG
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2015
  • PG
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 27 m

Batkid Begins

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 15 User Ratings
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Summary On one day, in one city, the world comes together to grant one 5-year-old cancer patient his wish. The documentary Batkid Begins looks at the “why” of this flash phenomenon. Why did the intense outpouring of spontaneous support for a child reverberate around the world and become one of the biggest “good news stories” ever?

Written By: John Crane

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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89
Jun 25, 2015
The editing is ruthlessly efficient, and some of the talking-heads scenes are dramatized via lively comic-book renditions that lend visual panache. All the characters grab you, not just the kid.
By Tim Appelo FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 25, 2015
The film is a fascinating look at how a true event can become a media event — and how courting the media can have good and bad results so mixed up that it’s hard to know where the good influence stops and the corrupting influence starts.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 23, 2015
Batkid Begins is a good movie about great intentions and a large group of people coming together to make a stranger most of them will never meet happy.
By Bill Goodykoontz FULL REVIEW
63
Jun 26, 2015
Batkid Begins brims with subjects who come in with their own enthusiasm, color, and comedy.
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60
Jun 25, 2015
As to truly exploring the phenomenon of a live-tweeted collective fiction, the documentary makes a couple of intriguing observations but doesn't look far beyond the metrics, content to exult in the wow factor of it all, which admittedly is considerable.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 9, 2015
The deeper we go into Dana Nachman’s unquestioning, feature-length cheerleading film, the more uncomfortable I felt about the reaction of one person to that magical and overwhelming day. Miles.
By Richard Roeper FULL REVIEW
40
Jun 25, 2015
Scott’s story is inspiring, as is the way everyone pitches in, from the police to the San Francisco Giants to Hollywood special effects geniuses to President Obama. But as a movie, this is like watching an expanded local news segment.
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 15 User Ratings
3.3
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Production Company KTF Films
Release Date Jun 26, 2015
Duration 1 h 27 m
Rating PG
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Awards

Ashland Independent Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Dallas International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Heartland Film
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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