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.
She is the most mysterious, independent, beautiful, angry person he h...
Drama, Romance
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1986
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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 In spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
119 min
Release date:
13 Sep 1986
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$31,853,080
Awards:
Won 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 13 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
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,
16 Mar 2011
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,
16 Mar 2011
fresh:
A touching and universal love story.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
22 Jul 2008
fresh:
A genuinely touching love story and a clever gloss on the barriers and extensions of language.
– Stephen Garrett,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
rotten:
There's scarcely a single moment in it that seems to be spontaneous.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003