The documentary trades in hope and humor, rather than despair.
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02/08/07
Lost Boys of Sudan (2004)
96 %
Reviews Counted: 45 Fresh: 43 Rotten:2 Average Rating: 7.6/10
Consensus:
The Lost boys of Sudan works as both a riveting documentary and scathing indictment of colonialism.
Runtime: 87 mins
Synopsis: LOST BOYS OF SUDAN, directed by San Francisco-based documentary filmmakers Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk, observes the experiences and impressions of two boys from Sudan who were brought to the United States as part of a resettlement program that took place in 2001. Thousands of people were... [More]
Genre: Education/General Interest
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11/19/04
The scenes of Peter and Santino's adjustment to life in Houston -- a garbage disposal does what? -- are at once quotidian, poignant and absurd.
09/17/04
Shot on video, and with the look of a PBS entry, it nevertheless manages to function on several levels -- all of them complex and sophisticated.
08/26/04
Culture shock is hopelessly inadequate to describe the experience of the young subjects of the riveting documentary Lost Boys of Sudan.
08/06/04
In spite of their streets-paved-with-gold expectations, there is no Heaven on Earth
07/28/04
Offers an opportunity to see a good movie and learn something about an issue that has received far too little attention in the U.S. press.
07/23/04
It might help you understand an unfamiliar face walking toward you on the street, and that's a great accomplishment for any film.
07/23/04
The film also doesn't get across the magnitude of the horror unfolding in the Sudan.
07/16/04
[Takes] a fly-on-the-wall approach to capture the small triumphs and personal setbacks these young men face in their new lives.
07/02/04
The people who made Lost Boys of Sudan have a compelling story to tell, but they haven't quite put their fingers on it.
06/24/04
A documentary about two refugees who come to the United States, it offers a detailed look at the hurdles they face but makes no attempt to analyze, explain or advocate changes that would help them.
06/24/04
Lacking that exotic 'foreign' focus and by failing to address the hardships of their early lives, we're left with a routine film about teenagers making mistakes or growing up too fast.
06/04/04
Reveals with remarkable clarity the clash of dreams vs. reality, hope vs. day-to-day despair.
05/27/04
The fact that it's an old story doesn't mean that this new telling of it doesn't, in its rather simple and unaffected way, carry considerable impact.
05/21/04
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