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Children of Invention
  • Release Date: Mar 12, 2010
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  • Summary: After being evicted, hardworking single mom Elaine Cheng tries to maintain a normal life for her children, Raymond and Tina. Elaine juggles a number of jobs, including working for a questionable pyramid scheme. When Elaine doesn’t return home one night, nobody knows the kids are home alone, and they are left to fend for themselves. As the days pass, Raymond, a budding inventor, realizes he needs to come up with a plan to take care of his little sister. (Sasquatch Films)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
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  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    75
    One way to judge a filmmaker is by the way he or she directs children. Take Tze Chun and his impressive first feature, Children of Invention.
  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    75
    This is not "Death of a Salesman'' or "Save the Tiger'' (in the case of the latter, thank God). But how refreshing to see a movie about a mother's struggles that doesn't culminate in her lying on her back to make ends meet.
  3. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Kevin B. Lee
    40
    Children of Invention seems furiously scribbled in shorthand, undermining what it has to offer in contemporary resonance.

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