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Genre :

Drama

Release Date :

November 09, 2007 (Limited)

Director :

Guy Moshe

Starring :

Ron Livingston, Virginie Ledoyen, Udo Kier, Chris Penn, Thuy Nguyen

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  5 of 5 [Rate It]

“..what could have been a gripping study of emotional resurrection devolves into a blurred odyssey of white guilt..”
by Jeannette Catsoulis [NY Times]
“..a grittily realistic picture of a very unpretty world..”
by David Noh [Film Journal International]
1.5 of 4

“..a dreary message movie about the general wrongness of child prostitution..”
by Kyle Smith [New York Post]
Review rate : C-

“..a dawdling, myopic drama..”
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
Reviewed by Donald Levit [ReelTalk]

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Simply a great film.

posted by gtcwk on Jan 22, 2009
 
 

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