Children of a Lesser God
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Movie Reviews of Children of a Lesser God
Movie Review: A good plot ruined...
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a good movie, but could be better.
1) Having a "R" rating kind of limits the audience base. It could have reached more people if it was PG 13 instead. Maybe even PG. Maybe more people would watch it, like it, and discuss it if it wasn't necessary to rate it so strongly.
2) Is all the sex so necessary to the plot? No. It was embarrasing, to say the least. And their love would still be as strong if they restrained their passions until they were married.
3) The sex weakens the plot in another aspect. If Sarah hated her childhood, hated being known as promiscuious by every single boy in her neighborhood, you'd think she continue to distance herself from her mistakes, and make him wait until they were married. That would show that he loved her and cared for her so much he wouldn't mind waiting.
4)Yes, I can see the humor in having a deaf kid want to learn to speak so he can swear at people, but is it so necessary, I have to ask?
I hope somebody remakes the movie with these points in mind, enabling a greater audience to be exposed (to the ideas, not to the...you know...) to the deaf community.
Movie Review: Elicits our empathy? Yes; Good Movie? No
Summary: 3 Stars
William Hurt is the speech/hearing teacher who comes to a deaf school to teach. Of course he has "different" ideas about teaching (i.e. anti-authoritarian). He encounters Marlee Matlin, who refuses to participate; Hurt falls in love with her, and they have a relationship. Hurt discovers things about her past that have made her withdrawn and angry. There are some highly charged scenes between Hurt and Matlin, and the actors are doing a good enough job to gain our empathy, but all in all it's just a very predictable movie. The most amazing thing about the picture to me was that even though Hurt, because Matlin uses sign language, has to speak everything she says for the audience, we get used to it quickly and it never becomes annoying.Movie Review: It was ok
Summary: 3 Stars
I think Marlee Matlin is a very talented actress. She was great in this film. However, I thought that the film was kind of boring. There could have been a lot more of a story than their was. The whole thing about Marlee Matlin's character not talking got old after a while. If she didn't want to talk, I don't see why her boyfriend always tried to force her to. It annoyed me. So, I kind of liked this film. I would reccomend it to people who like romance, but not to people who get antsy during a boring movie.Movie Review: ROMANTIC!
Summary: 3 Stars
WOW THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN THESE TWO WAS AMAZING IT WAS A FEEL GOOD MOVIE THATS ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT BUT I BET U THAY DATED SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE IN REAL LIFE LOL!Movie Review: Disappointing
Summary: 2 Stars
If you have ever bought a tape or CD of "classical movie soundtracks" you are more than likely to have the Bach piece from this movie on it. The music is lovely, but I think that the popularity film is only riding on the soundtrack. I would never have heard of it otherwise! Recently I got the chance to see this movie and I was eager to as I thought it must be something special. I was wrong. It started out well, and the acting was good, but by about half way it felt as though there was just nowhere to go with the story. I was getting sick of the cat-and-mouse thing between the teacher and the deaf girl. I wasn't satisfied with the ending the film had either, although I was relieved when it did come to a close. Altogether not a very interesting movie, but on other merits such as those discussed by other reviewers, such as the signing, it may have some value. For the movie-goer looking for entertainment, it offers a little but not a lot.