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85 out of 100

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9.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 23 Ratings

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  • Summary: This political documentary focuses on homeless children living in the subway tunnels of Bucharest, Romania.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Robert Koehler
    90
    Belzberg's unsparing camera sometimes portrays a level of cruelty that tests viewers' tolerance, but her fearless aesthetic is also a measure of the film's brilliant indictment of any society that can allow its most vulnerable to slip into oblivion.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Ed Park
    90
    A horror story, told with Dickensian compassion, permeating outrage, and little hope.
  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    90
    Belzberg doesn't intervene during the moments of violence, believing that the film can force social change only by showing the worst. If she is correct, then this film should move mountains.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. SamanthaL.
    10
    It's the best documentary I've ever seen! Amazing piece of work, which tugs at the heart-strings. It makes me want to fly down to Romania & adopt Mihai.… Expand
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