Review of Children of a Lesser God (1986) by Richard Schickel for TIME Magazine — 16 Mar 2011
[Matlin] has an unusual talent for concentrating her emotions--and an audience's--in her signing. But there is something more here, an ironic intelligence, a fierce but not distancing wit, that the movies, with their famous ability to photograph thought, discover in very few performances.
Children of a Lesser God, though given a handsome openness in Director Haines' production, cannot transcend the banalities of the play. But Matlin does. She is, one might say, a miracle worker.
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This review of Children of a Lesser God (1986) was written by Richard Schickel and published by TIME Magazine on 16 Mar 2011.
Children of a Lesser God has generally received positive reviews.
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