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Born Into Brothels   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews   Critics Reviews User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   The Critics: none available Start Rating Movies Now! Sign In or sign up Yahoo! Users: B 836 ratings  User Reviews (42 reviews) Write your own review Sort by:  Most HelpfulMost RecentHighest GradeLowest Grade Previous   |  1-10 of 42  |   Next   Overall Grade: A+ Story: N/A Acting: N/A Direction: N/A Visuals: N/A Hollywood take notes !! by Uncle T (movies profile) (Sep 16, 2007) 12 of 14 people found this review helpful While the docu-style film here touches the heart and mind in many ways, the story of how this all came about should be made into a film. Zana Briski lived in the dangero... Full Review Overall Grade: A+ Story: N/A Acting: N/A Direction: N/A Visuals: N/A One of the most powerful movies ever! by Melanie (movies profile) (Sep 16, 2007) 9 of 9 people found this review helpful This is by far one of the best documentary's I have ever seen. If there is any movie you should see this year, it would be this one. The theatre was packed and everyone c... Full Review Overall Grade: A+ Story: A+ Acting: A+ Direction: A+ Visuals: A+ Wow! by DEREK (movies profile) (Jul 13, 2007) 8 of 8 people found this review helpful When I read the initial review that came out in Fridays Weekender I knew I had to see this movie. It's extremely honest and heart wrencing and really puts our cushy insi... Full Review Overall Grade: A+ Story: A+ Acting: A+ Direction: A+ Visuals: A+ outstanding award worthy by JOE (movies profile) (Jul 13, 2007) 9 of 12 people found this review helpful The most compelling documentary I have seen in years. The spirit of the kids and their resilience is an example to all of us. This film is uplifting, not a downer, though... Full Review Overall Grade: A+ Story: A Acting: A+ Direction: A+ Visuals: A+ Moving, gripping, life-altering! by Dr. (movies profile) (May 4, 2005) 4 of 4 people found this review helpful I left the theater over an hour ago, and brought home with me chills from the provocative images of children who live and grow in Calcutta's red light district. One cann... Full Review Overall Grade: A+ Story: N/A Acting: N/A Direction: N/A Visuals: N/A Amazing movie - painful subject, handled with love by Mark (movies profile) (Mar 26, 2005) 3 of 4 people found this review helpful This movie stunned me on many different levels. First, the children speak with an eloquence, dignity and intelligence that is astonishing. As a human interest story it... Full Review Overall Grade: A Story: N/A Acting: N/A Direction: N/A Visuals: N/A Makes you appreciate life. by Amar (movies profile) (Apr 25, 2005) 2 of 2 people found this review helpful I thought Born into Brothels would be a documentary that was bound to draw tears from the audience. Instead, because it is essentially a story narrated by children, it ma... Full Review Overall Grade: B Story: B Acting: B Direction: B Visuals: B Depressing, but engaging. by Shyguy641 (movies profile) (Oct 2, 2005) 1 of 1 people found this review helpful This film which won the Oscar for Best Documentary was an interesting study of children born into the brothels of Calcutta, India. The producer of the film moved into th... Full Review Overall Grade: A+ Story: A+ Acting: A+ Direction: A+ Visuals: A+ "Born" earns its Oscar by Scott A. Giorgianni (movies profile) (Mar 27, 2005) 1 of 1 people found this review helpful Intelligent and compassionate, tough and tender, harrowing and heart-breaking, beautiful and moving... "Born into Brothels" is more than a great film. It is a transformin... Full Review Overall Grade: A+ Story: A+ Acting: A+ Direction: A+ Visuals: A+ Revelatory and original by paul (movies profile) (Apr 14, 2005) 1 of 1 people found this review helpful The humanity and power of these children is sweetly captured in this remarkably original movie that reminds us that all can never be lost where the human spirit is concer... Full Review Previous   |  1-10 of 42  |   Next