God Grew Tired of Us Critic Reviews
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Seesawing between despair and soul-affirming inspiration, God Grew Tired of Us is a documentary to make you proud of what America offers to the rest of the world and worried that it can't keep its promises.Read the full review
A moving documentary that informs, entertains and inspires.Read the full review
Quinn discovers an unexpectedly funny, trenchant fish-out-of-water-eye-view of American life.Read the full review
An incredibly powerful story of renewal, commitment and the resiliency of the human spirit, this is a movie that should attract a large theatrical audience, and no one will go home disappointed.Read the full review
A well-made culture-shock documentary.Read the full review
Although shot over a longer period of time than "Lost Boys," God Grew Tired is a softer, less complex version of essentially the same story, far less troubling in its explorations and implications than "The Lost Boys," but with far greater commercial potential.Read the full review
Handsomely photographed and inspirational, but not cloyingly so, it is the rare contemporary documentary that doesn't leave a residue of cynicism and outrage.Read the full review
It's convincing as everything but a piece of good filmmaking.Read the full review
God Grew Tired of Us never brings us half as close to its subjects as the far more penetrating "Lost Boys of Sudan" did in 2004.Read the full review
This is a film that adds to our understanding of human nature. Yet its impact is lessened by a lack of factual context, and by an inspirational climax that may leave one feeling good and uneasy in equal measure.Read the full review
