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2013
R
Phase 4 Films
1 h 36 m

2013
R
Phase 4 Films
1 h 36 m

Summary Can one become pregnant by listening to rock music? Rachel, a young teenager from a fundamentalist Mormon community, believes in immaculate conception by music, but her religious family regards her new condition as an intolerable transgression, so she heads to Las Vegas to find the source of her mysterious pregnancy.

Drama

Directed By: Rebecca Thomas

Written By: Rebecca Thomas

2013
R
Phase 4 Films
1 h 36 m

2013
R
Phase 4 Films
1 h 36 m

Electrick Children

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews

60

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings

7.3

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Summary Can one become pregnant by listening to rock music? Rachel, a young teenager from a fundamentalist Mormon community, believes in immaculate conception by music, but her religious family regards her new condition as an intolerable transgression, so she heads to Las Vegas to find the source of her mysterious pregnancy.

Drama

Directed By: Rebecca Thomas

Written By: Rebecca Thomas

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews

22% Positive
2 Reviews

78% Mixed
7 Reviews

0% Negative
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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews

22% Positive
2 Reviews

78% Mixed
7 Reviews

0% Negative
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Mar 4, 2013

Rebecca Thomas's debut feature is a sensible and humane exploration of youthful curiosity.

By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW

Mar 6, 2013

Electrick Children juggles heavy things, with humor and sobriety in their proper, Book of Ecclesiastes turn. Best of all, Thomas has an aversion to the easy resolution—she knows precisely which mysteries to keep dangling.

The New York Times

Mar 7, 2013

Electrick Children is well acted and refreshingly nonjudgmental, but its narrative continuity is tenuous at best. As it jounces along toward a pat, unsatisfying ending, it leaves essential questions unanswered. But the movie’s underlying sweetness leaves a residual glow.

By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW

New York Daily News

Mar 7, 2013

This material could so easily have tipped over into false sentimentality, but everyone works with a steady hand. Rebecca Thomas makes an assured debut as both writer and director, the gifted Culkin is excellent as always, and Garner finds lovely shades of nuance in Rachel’s innocent faith.

By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW

Mar 5, 2013

The best moments in filmmaker Rebecca Thomas’s debut feature manage flashes of wide-eyed grace — that is, when the overly precious, half-formed story isn’t undermining her understated direction and the work of a fine cast.

Mar 1, 2013

Rebecca Thomas's gauzy debut about a 15-year-old Mormon who believes she's had an immaculate conception after hearing a cover of Blondie's Hanging on the Telephone is so deftly done it's three parts enchantment to one part irritation.

Mar 1, 2013

An interesting and catchy take on a traditional tale of repressed teenage rebellion.

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User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings

75% Positive
6 Ratings

13% Mixed
1 Rating

13% Negative
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User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings

75% Positive
6 Ratings

13% Mixed
1 Rating

13% Negative
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Details

Production Company Live Wire Films

Release Date Mar 8, 2013

Duration 1 h 36 m

Rating R

Genres

Drama

Tagline A movie about miracles...

Website https://www.facebook.com/ElectrickChildren

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Awards

Bombay International Film Festival

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

Buster International Children's Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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