Fresh
Children of a Lesser God, though given a handsome openness in Director Haines' production, cannot transcend the banalities of the play. But Matlin does. She is, one might say, a miracle worker.
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Children of a Lesser God
She is the most mysterious, independent, beautiful, angry person he has ever met. He is the first man who has ever gotten close enough to love her.
1986 · 1h 59m · R
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Randa Haines
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Children of a Lesser God
Overview
Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school as a member of the custodial staff. In spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair.
Director and cast
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81%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Hurt seems to be bucking for at least two Oscar nominations here: one for his performance, the other for best echo effects by an interpreter of signed speech.
Pat Graham, Chicago Reader
Fresh
A touching and universal love story.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
A genuinely touching love story and a clever gloss on the barriers and extensions of language.
Stephen Garrett, Time Out
Rotten
There's scarcely a single moment in it that seems to be spontaneous.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
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