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Children of Invention
Comedy, Drama, Romance - 2010
Children of Invention
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6.5
79%
67
Two young children living illegally in a model apartment outside Boston are left to fend for themselves when their hardworking mother disappears
Director:
,
Tze Chun
Cast:
,
Stephen Gevedon
,
Cindy Cheung
,
Kieran Campion
,
Michael Chen
,
Crystal Chiu
,
Jackson Ning
,
Frank Pando
,
Yan Xi
,
Michael Chen

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Details

Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
86 min
Release date:
10 Aug 2010
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
15 wins & 2 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
An independent film that's all about forced independence.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
23 Apr 2010
fresh:
Shows enormous love and respect for those clutching at the short end of the American Dream.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
1 Apr 2010
fresh:
Chen and Chiu's genuine, rarely cloying performances along with Cheung's urgent sincerity add immeasurably to this timely film's many modest pleasures.
– Gary Goldstein,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar 2010
fresh:
Restraint proves a virtue of -- and a shrewd if necessary choice for -- Children of Invention, a modestly scaled, quietly effective independent movie about a struggling single mother and her two children.
– Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
12 Mar 2010
fresh:
Performances are realistic and unpretentious, and the backbone of this observant movie by a director-writer with a promising future.
– V.A. Musetto,
New York Post,
12 Mar 2010
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