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  • 2020
  • 1 h 14 m
  • 2020
  • 1 h 14 m
Blessed Child

Summary More than a decade after leaving the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church (the "Moonies"), through a trove of never before seen footage from within the church and extraordinary home videos of her family's upbringing alongside Reverend Moon and his disciples, filmmaker Cara Jones attempts to finally break free from the religious c...

Written By: Josh Alexander

  • 2020
  • 1 h 14 m
  • 2020
  • 1 h 14 m

Blessed Child

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Summary More than a decade after leaving the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church (the "Moonies"), through a trove of never before seen footage from within the church and extraordinary home videos of her family's upbringing alongside Reverend Moon and his disciples, filmmaker Cara Jones attempts to finally break free from the religious c...

Written By: Josh Alexander

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Jul 14, 2020
It spreads itself too wide and too shallow, and leaves us wishing that we might have seen more of the journey that has come to define Jones’ adult life: The path to starting a family of her own.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW
63
Jul 14, 2020
Filmmaker Cara Jones offers a poignant testament to the baggage and insecurities hounding her own life.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW
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Jul 17, 2020
The film is a little too scattershot for its own good, which becomes especially frustrating when some of these detours actually come across as potentially being far more interesting than the central narrative thread.
By Peter Sobczynski FULL REVIEW
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Jul 16, 2020
Jones’s former affiliation presumably helped with access; adherents seem to trust her, and some clips are credited to the church. It also gives her a complicated, at times surprisingly sympathetic outlook on the cult.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Naked Edge Films, Storytellers for Good
Release Date Jul 17, 2020
Duration 1 h 14 m
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