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  • 2014
  • GathrFilms
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2014
  • GathrFilms
  • 1 h 38 m

Summary I Am Eleven explores the lives and thoughts of children from all around the world. It weaves together deeply personal and at times hilarious portraits of what it means to stand on the cusp between childhood and adolescence, that fleeting moment when childish naiveté has faded, yet teenaged self-consciousness has not yet taken hold. These...

Directed By: Genevieve Bailey

  • 2014
  • GathrFilms
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2014
  • GathrFilms
  • 1 h 38 m

I Am Eleven

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary I Am Eleven explores the lives and thoughts of children from all around the world. It weaves together deeply personal and at times hilarious portraits of what it means to stand on the cusp between childhood and adolescence, that fleeting moment when childish naiveté has faded, yet teenaged self-consciousness has not yet taken hold. These...

Directed By: Genevieve Bailey

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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44% Positive
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Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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44% Positive
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56% Mixed
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80
Sep 12, 2014
The kids almost universally express the need for peace, equality, tolerance, homes for all and a safe planet.
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75
Sep 25, 2014
IAm Eleven is ultimately a satisfying film because the kids are so compelling. But Bailey’s motivations color the authenticity of a well-meaning “documentary” that borders on nostalgic self-indulgence and wishful thinking.
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70
Sep 9, 2014
Genevieve Bailey displays a terrific knack for connecting with her subjects on topics ranging from religion to romance and the environment.
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60
Sep 18, 2014
Given the number and range of kids in view, there's a limit to how much specificity can be jammed into one movie.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 12, 2014
Bailey has achieved the purpose she set out at the film’s start. She’s made a film that’s optimistic, ultimately. But it would have benefitted from being a lot more real.
By Christy Lemire FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 9, 2014
“Eleven” turns out to be an overreach, with too many voices to be anything but superficial, too few (she skipped sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America) to be thorough.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
40
Sep 9, 2014
"I wanted to make something energetic, optimistic, universal, and real," Bailey announces in voiceover as the movie begins. She's certainly accomplished that, but it's too bad she didn't also aim for vital, illuminating, or consistently compelling.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Proud Mother Pictures
Release Date Sep 12, 2014
Duration 1 h 38 m
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Tagline A world of voices with one thing in common
Website http://www.iameleven.com/
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Awards

São Paulo International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Newport Beach Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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