The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

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San Francisco Chronicle | Ruthe SteinAdd Critic to Favorites

The filmmakers succeed with an unexpected ending. It's as fresh as everything in the movie, which turns out to be about so much more than one youngster's resilience.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Wesley MorrisAdd Critic to Favorites

It really only comes alive in its shots of people in the neighborhood sitting around their television sets. What we're really talking about here is a problem in scope. In Hamburger's film, the world is no bigger than a cup.Read the full review

The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites

The performances are charming and convincing, and Mr. Joelsas does a good job of conveying Mauro’s loneliness and confusion as well as his playfulness. The Year My Parents Went on Vacation may not be terribly fresh or original, but its warm, sweet, nostalgic tone is hard to dislike.Read the full review

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