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80You'd have to be a stone not to be moved.
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75A three-year labor of love from a mother for her daughter. It is a touching movie that, at first, might seem like a public service announcement, but eventually takes us into some touching personal struggles.
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75Knowlton has landed on four stories that deserve to be told, and she's told them in a straightforward way that gets the job done, with obvious dedication and love.
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Sep 20, 201275A play-it-safe, by-the-numbers kind of documentary - yet somehow it gets under your skin.
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70Adoptees themselves almost certainly will find Somewhere Between an empowering reminder that tens of thousands of kids have walked this path before.
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70Somewhere Between presents an effortlessly moving but superficial profile of four bright Chinese girls and their adoptive American families.
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Aug 22, 201263For what often feels like an obligatory "Where Are They Now?" DVD extra, the documentary is surprisingly affecting.
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60As this strong, moving documentary shows, for those who came to the U.S., reconnecting to their culture and blood relatives can result in a generation of young people who feel "somewhere between" Chinese and American. They're never fully one or the other, but in the best cases can feel part of both.
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60The film is overcrowded with story lines and short on thrust, but fortunately, its protagonists carry the day with their candor and precocious poise.
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Aug 21, 201250Knowlton never delves far enough into her subjects' stories for Somewhere Between to feel more nuanced than, say, a good commercial for international child-adoption services.