Children of Invention

Name: Children of Invention
Genre: Drama
Released: March 12, 2010
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 67

2010

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Release Date: March 12, 2010

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 theAfter 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

Director: Tze Chun

Genre(s): Drama

Runtime: 86 min

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Wesley Morris

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. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

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. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

A modestly scaled, quietly effective independent movie about a struggling single mother and her two children. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Chen and Chiu's genuine, rarely cloying performances along with Cheung's urgent sincerity add immeasurably to this timely film's many modest pleasures. Read full review

Ella Taylor

The young director Tze Chun is not a flashy filmmaker, but he understands the vulnerability of immigrant workers in the sleazy sub-rosa economies of a floundering 21st-century America. Read full review

Frank Lovece

Heartfelt but dramatically tepid tale. Read full review

Kevin B. Lee

Children of Invention seems furiously scribbled in shorthand, undermining what it has to offer in contemporary resonance. Read full review

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