Review of Losing Isaiah (1995) by Not A — 09 Oct 2008

An inevitably sentimental and heartwrenching film.

This review of Losing Isaiah (1995) was written by Not A on 09 Oct 2008.

Losing Isaiah has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

Losing Isaiah (1995) Movie Reviews (176)
Losing Isaiah (1995) Critic Reviews (5)
Losing Isaiah (1995) User Reviews (171)

More Reviews of Losing Isaiah

Review of Losing Isaiah (1995)

By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for Variety (12,700) on 02 Sep 2008

The material is emotionally wrenching, but the actors play sociopolitical totems more than flesh-and-blood characters…

Read Review

Review of Losing Isaiah (1995)

By Moo C (112) on 25 Jun 2008

This is a good film. I'd really like to sit down and watch it again. My friend named her kid Isaiah…

Read Review

Review of Losing Isaiah (1995)

By Angel M (666) on 15 May 2009

Another underapreciated film . . . Great story about adoption, sadly this happends everyday in america... Good acting-performance by Berry & Lange…

Read Review

Review of Losing Isaiah (1995)

By Julia L (372) on 26 Sep 2014

This movie was so intense emotionally, I had to pause it a couple times and process what had to be said…

Read Review

Review of Losing Isaiah (1995)

By ??Jess?? (123) on 20 Dec 2008

What a good movie I cried when I saw that movie who puts a baby in the dumpster…

Read Review

Review of Losing Isaiah (1995)

By Laraine P (6) on 12 Oct 2008

What a good movie I cried when I saw that movie who puts a baby in the dumpster this is lyfe not a game or toy…

Read Review

Review of Losing Isaiah (1995)

By Timm S (1,294) on 21 Dec 2013

Invoking Drama, Explores Where The 'Best Interests' Of A Child Are Met..Or Lost…

Read Review

Review of Losing Isaiah (1995)

By Angelina C (374) on 10 Oct 2012

Provoking masterpiece. The love of 2 women for a child. Outstanding performances from the leads, Halle and Jessica…

Read Review

Review of Losing Isaiah (1995)

By Tracy C (106) on 20 Jan 2010

Look, you man thief. Brie Osborne belongs to your group of people miss Halle Berry. Her telephone number is 1-248-375-5900…

Read Review

Review of Losing Isaiah (1995)

By Brenda B (151) on 29 Jun 2008

Leaves you torn, get the tissues. Halle Berry is amazing…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Primal Fear (1996)

By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 04 Mar 1999

You'd get more of a jolt from Angela Lansbury on Murder, She Wrote and more intellectual stimulation from a cozy game of Clue…

Read Review

Review of The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)

By Robyn M (1,282) on 17 Sep 2012

I went into this one fully expecting to like the heck out of it, yet I was trapped into another American Political rat race…

Read Review

Review of Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

By Lenny M (222) on 16 Jan 2010

Ok alot of people like this movie , I don't get it ,, I saw the movie and I think it sucks really ha ha…

Read Review

Review of American Psycho (2000)

By Chris Phillips (6) for Movieline (883) on 16 Apr 2001

Harron, thankfully, chooses to leave most of the carnage to our imaginations, but without any psychological backing for Patrick's bloody acts,…

Read Review

Review of The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

By Mikel. (18) on 17 Jul 2009

This is the all-time worst movie I've ever seen (all the way through). Too long, too boring, too uninteresting…

Read Review

Review of The Last King of Scotland (2006)

By Stephanies. (5) on 19 Mar 2007

While Idi Amen degraded to the status of Dictator and maniacal murderer, this movie did little to establish the foundation for his rise to…

Read Review

Review of Cape Fear (1991)

By Stephen S (1,614) on 19 Jun 2016

I have no idea why people like this film so much…

Read Review

Review of Eight Miles High (2007)

By Robert H (1,967) on 10 Sep 2010

I don't like memoirs to start with. I despise the hippie era of 60's and 70's. Hence, not one movie describing that epoch earned my respect…

Read Review

Review of Sex and Lucía (2001)

By Troy A (232) on 24 Feb 2012

This movie just grabbed me. I actually watched it a few times to catch all the details…

Read Review

Review of Clean, Shaven (1995)

By Nordic S (56) on 25 Sep 2008

Indie movie trying to give us insight into a schizophrenic man but is more about random moments with out any real story…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Babylon

2022

68%144 Reviews

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

63%92 Reviews

Ready Player One

2018

72%1,541 Reviews

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

The Invitation

2022

47%33 Reviews

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

66%228 Reviews

Dune

2021

77%276 Reviews

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

85%233 Reviews

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015

83%1,378 Reviews

The Judge

2014

67%866 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Losing Isaiah

1995

67%176 Reviews

Easy Come, Easy Go

1967

50%19 Reviews

1984

77%937 Reviews

The Deep Blue Sea

1994

63%272 Reviews

Saint

1997

61%446 Reviews

Before We Go

2014

58%183 Reviews

Rachel Getting Married

2008

66%872 Reviews

Leap Year

2010

55%776 Reviews

Satan's Little Helper

2005

47%134 Reviews

Wrecked

2010

50%190 Reviews