Flicks, Dominic Corry
This quietly wonderful exercise in glorious empathy more than lives up to the rapturous advance buzz it has been generating – it's one of the best American dramas in years. The worthy subject matter (foster care and child abuse) should make the film much harder work than it is. But it just breezes along with a ground level matter-of-factness that thankfully never spills over into gritty verité stereotypes. There's an 'American' quality to its social conscience that I cannot recall perceiving in any other recent film.
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