Coming of age story about two inner city youths, who are left to fend for themselves over the summer after their mothers are taken away by the authorities.
"The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete" is a moving bit of mischief and mayhem that will break your heart, give you hope, make you laugh, possibly cry.
– Betsy Sharkey,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Oct 2013
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They may be tiny little kids, but they deliver outsize performances.
– Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
10 Oct 2013
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Pitched fascinatingly, at times uneasily, between misery and uplift, "Mister & Pete" tells the story of an endlessly resourceful child who survives the unimaginable over one long summer.
– Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
10 Oct 2013
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A gritty, sometimes downright heartwrenching story of two young boys left to fend for themselves for weeks during a boiling-hot summer in a Brooklyn housing project.
– Sara Stewart,
New York Post,
11 Oct 2013
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This is an impressive piece of grass-roots filmmaking.