Average Rating: 7.6/10
Reviews Counted: 30
Fresh: 27 | Rotten: 3
Disturbing and heart-wrenching documentary about a 53-years-old woman raising 11 children.
Average Rating: 7.8/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 1
Disturbing and heart-wrenching documentary about a 53-years-old woman raising 11 children.
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Susan Tom of Fairfield, CA, is not a typical single mother -- Tom is the head of a family of 11 adopted children, all of whom are physically challenged or living with long-term illnesses. Tom and her special family are the subject of My Flesh and Blood, a documentary which examines the dynamic of this household, as well as the often demanding physical and emotional needs of the 11 kids and the heavy emotional burden Tom must sometimes carry as she looks after children who may not survive to
Nov 28, 2003 Wide
Nov 30, 2004
Strand Releasing
All Critics (31) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (27) | Rotten (3) | DVD (5)
Poignant, heartbreaking proof that, sometimes, love is just not enough.
For an agonizing and ultimately transcendent cinematic portrait of sacrifice, love and saving grace, audiences need look no further than this unpretentious and deeply moving film.
In turns heart-wrenching and eye-opening, this documentary is one of the year's best.
The effect on her children of Susan Tom's call to serve and cherish is enthralling to behold, and My Flesh and Blood deeply honors her and her family.
The experiences of this family from Fairfield will resonate with moviegoers around the country.
There may have been 'no grand plan' to Susan Tom's life, as she says, but grand is a good word for what's happened.
Next time your boss is being a jerk, take a look at My Flesh and Blood.
Serves as a moving reminder that there are people out there who walk the walk and serve as examples of the humanity we all should be exhibiting in our own lives.
This movie, tough to watch, is invaluable to absorb.
Full of life, the characters openly share moments of startling intimacy, hardship, and triumph.
Fails to resonate with anything more than the quotidian rhythms of a uniquely dysfunctional family.
Think raising your kids is tough? Try this moving documentary on for size.
One of the most profoundly moving and inspiring documentaries in recent memory.
The documentary debut of Emmy Award-winning Bay Area TV journalist Jonathan Karsh pays a price for its hands-off approach.
takes us to a place that many of us will find difficult and joyful at the same time
Powerful and startlingly unsentimental.
This documentary features a family composed of one adopting mother and eleven disabled children.It's almost impossible to write a review about this film. I can say for certain only that it was well-made, able to intimately capture its subjects' lives. Beyond that, there isn't much I can write without caveat.When the
September 11, 2011
Super Reviewer
Broke my heart... The truth of it all, these kids (although handicapped/disabled in their ways) have a better home life than most of the families I know. Scary thought, but so true.
November 9, 2006Super Reviewer
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