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By Peter T. Chattaway (133) for Christianity Today (953) on 24 Sep 2006

While some parents might wish the film had more emotional depth, they will probably appreciate the gentle humor…

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By Cherryl Dawson And Leigh Ann Palone (956) for TheMovieChicks.com (956) on 05 Dec 2004

It's like Tom Sawyer's Great Escape - a strange combination of stories that's interesting, but doesn't quite capture your emotions…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for EricDSnider.com (2,026) on 04 Dec 2004

It is not an especially brilliant film, nor does it execute its ideas with particular flair, and yet I cannot resist liking and being moved by it…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 04 Dec 2004

A nice enough picture, but it's also slow and meandering…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 03 Dec 2004

How David escapes, alas, is less compelling than wondering how this drearily earnest movie escaped the Hallmark Channel…

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By Eric Harrison (215) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 03 Dec 2004

The film is marred by too many coincidences, but there are a couple of twists at the end that tug at the heartstrings and leave you with a…

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By Robert Denerstein (1,148) for Denver Rocky Mountain News (608) on 03 Dec 2004

It's not lack of a strong story that keeps I Am David from taking off…

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By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 03 Dec 2004

Feig's neorealist approach to the look of the film might work better if he didn't fill it with so many coincidences and melodramatic flourishes…

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By Wade Major (240) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 03 Dec 2004

One of those well-intentioned misfires that so frustrate both audiences and critics -- brimming with thematic potential, yet consistently unable…

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By Dan Lybarger (786) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 03 Dec 2004

I Am David earns just about every teardrop it elicits. The journey isn't smooth, but that doesn't mean it isn't worthwhile…

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By Steven D. Greydanus (674) for Decent Films Guide (519) on 03 Dec 2004

At its best in the taut opening and in the third act, when the pieces finally come together. In between, the episodic story sags a bit…

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By Steve Schneider (315) for Orlando Weekly (1,048) on 02 Dec 2004

It's a Hallmark Hall of Fame special dressed up as a feature, one that juggles feel-good humanitarianism and oddly inappropriate stabs at whimsy…

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By Nancy Churnin (129) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 02 Dec 2004

Leaves you with the lingering scent of truth…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for FilmJerk.com (622) on 01 Dec 2004

Though it looks like it was made for two nickels, I Am David resonates strongly in the heart, which is all this film is truly going after…

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By Matthew Leyland (105) for BBC.com (1,500) on 09 Nov 2004

Short, simple and inoffensive, it's well suited to family viewing, albeit on the gogglebox one Sunday teatime rather than the big screen…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 27 Oct 2004

I Am David is a fine family film about a twelve-year old boy's escape from a Bulgarian prison camp and his quest to find out his true identity…

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By Bruce Feld (62) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 17 Sep 2004

An unconvincing fairy tale that masquerades as an earnest plea for freedom…

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By Greg Muskewitz (87) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 31 Dec 2003

The words creak with calculated composition that never sufficiently capture the foreignness of the situations or individuality of people…

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