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By Jonah Flicker (24) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 17 Mar 2014

Its small filmmaking flaws aside, the story of Kids For Cash is a powerful and important one…

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By Ray Pride (544) for Newcity (539) on 10 Mar 2014

While the film has heroes -- this is part of the utility of May's filmmaking -- the conclusions about the juvenile justice system in this country…

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By Inkoo Kang (374) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 06 Mar 2014

A vital, urgent and infuriating look at the devastating failures of the juvenile court system and the insidious reach of prison privatization…

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By Stephanie Merry (410) for Washington Post (9,851) on 06 Mar 2014

Kids for Cash proves that the abuse was both more nuanced and more tragic than the public understood…

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By Cynthia Fuchs (1,328) for PopMatters (2,617) on 05 Mar 2014

That the film showcases the students after these experiences indicates the broader stakes of this story, from the judge's self-delusions to…

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By Christopher Campbell (291) for Nonfics (197) on 02 Mar 2014

A new kind of Scared Straight! for the post-Columbine generation…

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By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 28 Feb 2014

Adds considerable behind-the-headlines insight . . . despite the frustrating blank holes that are filled with rage against the machine of injustice…

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By Trey Graham (6) for NPR (1,713) on 28 Feb 2014

Robert May, a producer on The Station Agent and The Fog of War, makes his directing debut with a carefully measured, admirably precise account…

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By Sean P (1,027) on 28 Feb 2014

Riveting expose of gangster judged and their victims, a tale of greed and corruption! This could happen to your child! Parents beware…

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By Bill Stamets (145) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 27 Feb 2014

May errs in styling this human interest saga…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 27 Feb 2014

It’s worth seeing Robert May’s vital judicial expose — not only to learn about the titular scandal, but also to appreciate both the highs…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for RedEye (906) on 27 Feb 2014

A staggeringly ironic case of misinformed blanket judgment about a man who did the exact same thing…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 27 Feb 2014

An impressive, often enraging feature-length debut from director Robert May, deals carefully and well with the so-called kids for cash scandal…

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By Jeannette Catsoulis (1,537) for The New York Times (9,847) on 27 Feb 2014

Carefully assembled and soberly presented, Robert May’s Kids for Cash takes a lacerating look at America’s juvenile justice system…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 27 Feb 2014

I’d liked him to have asked the judge specifically about the MySpace girl, whose case led to his comeuppance…

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By A.a. Dowd (854) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 26 Feb 2014

What May is really after, in other words, is a glimpse at a post-Columbine America, where punishments don’t always fit crimes, cures are…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 26 Feb 2014

This film feeds our outrage--that a judge has the chutzpah to send kids up the river for minor offenses in return for kickbacks…

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By Andrew Lapin (196) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 25 Feb 2014

A heavy-breathing, narrowly focused outrage-generator about a corruption case that both the court of public opinion and the actual court system…

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By Alan Scherstuhl (679) for Village Voice (8,525) on 25 Feb 2014

The documentary is stellar, despite some vague visual-metaphor stuff involving dioramas in an attic…

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By Steven Rea (1,872) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 25 Feb 2014

Kids for Cash is no-nonsense, no-stone-unturned filmmaking…

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