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Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 5 Critics What's this?

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

  • Starring: Danny Aiello, Kathleen Turner
  • Summary: An emotional tale of a boy who has never learned to love or trust anyone. A modern day Huck Finn, JJ (Nasso) decides to tackle the world on his own, leaving his abusive foster mother behind as he attempts to find his real mother. (Lions Gate Films)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 5
  2. Negative: 3 out of 5
  1. Awkwardly plotted drama about a runaway child in Central Park.
  2. 30
    Remains a sadly earthbound thing, mired in a dismal realism that lies far from its natural environment.
  3. 25
    Elaborate vanity production.
  4. A stinky dumpster for sentimental dung about homelessness and the magical mecca that isn't Manhattan.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. SteveN.
    4
    After School Special. If that's what you're looking for, this is your movie.

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