The first part of Bill Douglas' influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-'40s Scotland. Cinema was his only escape - he paid for it with the money he made from returning empty jam jars - and this escape is reflected most closely at this time of his life as an eight-year-old living on the breadline with his half-brother and sick grandmother in a poor mining village.
My Childhood has generally received very positive reviews.
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My Childhood was released in 1972 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 6 reviews, giving My Childhood (1972) an average rating of 77%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 93%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed My Childhood a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 77%, My Childhood is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1972, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1972 with similar scores include films like Jeremiah Johnson and Frenzy.
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