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- 2004
- PG
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 30 m
- 2004
- PG
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 30 m
Summary An extraordinary family adventure, I Am David follows a twelve year-old boy as he boldly escapes from an East European prison camp and makes an incredible personal journey to freedom. (Lions Gate Films)
Directed By: Paul Feig
Written By: Anne Holm, Paul Feig
- 2004
- PG
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 30 m
- 2004
- PG
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 30 m
I Am David
47
5.5
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Summary An extraordinary family adventure, I Am David follows a twelve year-old boy as he boldly escapes from an East European prison camp and makes an incredible personal journey to freedom. (Lions Gate Films)
Directed By: Paul Feig
Written By: Anne Holm, Paul Feig
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
47
33% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
56% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
11% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
47
33% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
56% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
11% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
While probably not suitable for the wee ones, older kids and most adults will love this exciting and heartfelt adventure of one boy's survival during the darkest days of post-war Europe.
An unusually intelligent adventure film scaled for younger viewers, which never leaves adults behind.
The beautifully shot but dramatically strained I Am David falls prey to the defect of all poor road movies: In gluing together unbelievable but convenient episodes with sugary sentimentality, it loses most of its credibility.
I Am David is by far the best after-school special to hit the big screen this season.
Unfortunately writer-director Paul Feig has a weakness for artiness in general and hokey art movies in particular, and the overall sluggishness of this 2003 adaptation starring Ben Tibber makes such devices as slow-motion seem like mannered rhetoric.
The picture is essentially a tearjerker, with little originality or insight.
I couldn't believe a moment of it, and never identified with little David.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 User Ratings
5.5
46% Positive
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23% Mixed
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31% Negative
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 User Ratings
5.5
46% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
23% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
31% Negative
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Awards
San Diego Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Monaco International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Austin Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
