Fresh
In contrast to social-issue films filled with talking-head experts and bullet-point graphs, this is a portrait of a caregiver that goes to the core of motivation -- in this case, the need to share love.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
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Blood Brother
Overview
Rocky Braat went to India as a disillusioned American tourist. When he met a group of children with HIV/AIDS, he decided to stay. He never could have imagined the obstacles he would face. Or the love he would find.
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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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73%
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Rotten
Blood Brother is about as well-meaning as a doc can be, yet its humanitarian message is often tainted by the ceaseless demands for attention stemming from the fragile ego of its subject, rootless young American Rocky Braat.
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star
Fresh
A deeply affecting psychological portrait of a young do-gooder as he adapts to the regularity of tragedy in his new life.
Inkoo Kang, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
"Love is making someone who is sad feel happy," one girl says, answering an interviewer's question. "Blood Brother" showed me that love. I doubt I'll be the only one.
David DeWitt, New York Times
Rotten
Braat's galling and enabled narcissism ... pervades the film.
Ernest Hardy, Village Voice
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