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  • 2007
  • PG
  • Newmarket Films
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2007
  • PG
  • Newmarket Films
  • 1 h 29 m

Summary This documentary explores the indomitable spirit of three "Lost Boys" from the Sudan who leave their homeland, triumph over seemingly insurmountable adversities and move to America, where they build active and fulfilling new lives but remain deeply committed to helping the friends and family they have left behind. (Newmarket Films)

Directed By: Christopher Dillon Quinn, Tommy Walker

Written By: Christopher Dillon Quinn

  • 2007
  • PG
  • Newmarket Films
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2007
  • PG
  • Newmarket Films
  • 1 h 29 m

God Grew Tired of Us

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 25 Critic Reviews
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Summary This documentary explores the indomitable spirit of three "Lost Boys" from the Sudan who leave their homeland, triumph over seemingly insurmountable adversities and move to America, where they build active and fulfilling new lives but remain deeply committed to helping the friends and family they have left behind. (Newmarket Films)

Directed By: Christopher Dillon Quinn, Tommy Walker

Written By: Christopher Dillon Quinn

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Visually stunning and contextually provocative, God Grew Tired of Us is quite simply one of the most beautiful documentaries I've ever seen. Intelligent, heartbreaking, uplifting, humorous and reverent, the film is an adventure in what it means to be human.
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Quinn discovers an unexpectedly funny, trenchant fish-out-of-water-eye-view of American life.
By Carina Chocano FULL REVIEW
75
Touching and insightful.
By Michael Sragow FULL REVIEW
75
Narrated by Nicole Kidman, this poignant documentary tells only half the story of three Sudanese "lost boys" who emigrate to America. Though it doesn't delve as deep as it should, this movie will still break your heart.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
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The message, unspoken but inescapable, is that a little sharing might feed wealthy and poor alike.
By J.R. Jones FULL REVIEW
67
It's the warmth and resolve and humility of the young men that keeps us going. It may be more ennobling than introspective, but these three earn their nobility.
By Sean Axmaker FULL REVIEW
60
A borderline lazy but nonetheless compelling documentary co-produced by National Geographic.
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Production Company Lost Boys of Sudan, National Geographic Films, Silver Nitrate Pictures
Release Date Jan 12, 2007
Duration 1 h 29 m
Rating PG
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Website http://www.godgrewtiredofus.com/
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Awards

Galway Film Fleadh
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Deauville Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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