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One of the most critically-acclaimed films of the 80s, Children of a Lesser God garnered four Academy Award nominations and a Best Actress Oscar for Marlee Matlin. Based on the hit Broadway play, it's the uplifting love story of John Leeds (William Hurt), an idealistic special education teacher, and a headstrong deaf girl named Sarah (Marlee Matlin). At first, Leeds sees Sarah as a teaching challenge. But soon their teacher/student relationship blossoms into a love so passionate it shatters the barrier of silence that keeps them apart.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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81%- Reviews Counted: 32
- Fresh: 26
- Rotten: 6
- Average Rating: 7.2/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: There's scarcely a single moment in it that seems to be spontaneous.
Fresh: Children of a Lesser God, though given a handsome openness in Director Haines' production, cannot transcend the banalities of the play. But Matlin does. She is, one might say, a miracle worker.
Fresh: A touching and universal love story.
Fresh: This is romance the way Hollywood used to make it, with both conflict and tenderness, at times capturing the texture of the day-to-day, at times finding the lyrical moments when two lovers find that time stops.
Customer Reviews
Great but UPSET!
I like movies but I'm upset that I couldn't watch on iTunes because of no closed caption. :(
Excellent Film
This is a very good film. William Hurt and Marlee Matalin give truly riveting performances (the "Speak to me!" part? Fantastic). William Hurt is also terribly attractive in this movie, too. But seriously, it is a really good film and a really interesting glimpse into the world of deaf people and the people who teach them and interact with them. It's really nice to see characters with "disablities" who are potrayed as fully human with all the range of emotions as other people. Marlee Matalin won an Oscar for her performance, and she totes deserves it. I would give this film five stars were it not for the music. The soundtrack really takes away from this movie.
Amazing
I love this movie! It is very sweet and as I am a Sign Language student I find this good practice. For all the people that don't know sign and want to watch this there really is no problem. He just repeats what Sarah says most of the time so no worries :)
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