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39 Pounds of Love is a heart-tugger that often crosses the line between uplifting and sappy.
All Critics (33) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (20) | Rotten (13)
It's not quite on the level of Enron, or even other disability-themed nominees such as Murderball. But with a subject like Ami Ankilewitz, nitpicking seems out of the question. Feb 24, 2006 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
It's not quite on the level of Enron, or even other disability-themed nominees such as Murderball. But with a subject like Ami Ankilewitz, nitpicking seems out of the question.
Michael Booth
So inherently poignant, a conservative approach would have been wise. Jan 12, 2006 | Full Review…
So inherently poignant, a conservative approach would have been wise.
Desson Thomson
Stirring, sobering, and manipulative enough to be slightly suspect. Dec 10, 2005 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Stirring, sobering, and manipulative enough to be slightly suspect.
Ty Burr
An uplifting documentary. Dec 9, 2005 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
An uplifting documentary.
John McMurtrie
39 Pounds of Love is a heavyweight emotional champion. Although deserving such adjectives as lovely, loving and inspiring, the documentary steers clear of cloying excess. Dec 8, 2005 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
39 Pounds of Love is a heavyweight emotional champion. Although deserving such adjectives as lovely, loving and inspiring, the documentary steers clear of cloying excess.
Philip Wuntch
None of this is intended to detract from the courage and will of Ami Ankilewitz. His life is extraordinary. But he has not been well served by the documentarians. Dec 8, 2005 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
None of this is intended to detract from the courage and will of Ami Ankilewitz. His life is extraordinary. But he has not been well served by the documentarians.
Roger Ebert
If one ignores the excesses, 39 Pounds of Love becomes a road trip worth taking. Mar 1, 2007 | Full Review…
If one ignores the excesses, 39 Pounds of Love becomes a road trip worth taking.
Eric Monder
This leaves you wanting to know more about Ami, and at the same time feeling a bit cheated that they didn't give you enough. Dec 14, 2005 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
This leaves you wanting to know more about Ami, and at the same time feeling a bit cheated that they didn't give you enough.
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
quietly powerful Dec 5, 2005 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
quietly powerful
Rachel Gordon
Ami seems to be very much The Poster Boy for himself, but not for the severely disabled in general, even though this will easily, if erroneously, be read into the film. Dec 3, 2005 | Full Review…
Ami seems to be very much The Poster Boy for himself, but not for the severely disabled in general, even though this will easily, if erroneously, be read into the film.
Les Wright
Despite an anticlimactic finale and a flimsy storyline, there are enough endearing moments of hope and redemption here to keep 39 Pounds worth its weight. Dec 2, 2005 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
Despite an anticlimactic finale and a flimsy storyline, there are enough endearing moments of hope and redemption here to keep 39 Pounds worth its weight.
E! Staff
Mid-life crisis takes on a completely new meaning when a skin and bones muscular dystrophy victim risks death for one last Harley ride and a bus to the Grand Canyon. Nov 28, 2005 | Rating: 7/10
Mid-life crisis takes on a completely new meaning when a skin and bones muscular dystrophy victim risks death for one last Harley ride and a bus to the Grand Canyon.
Ron Wilkinson
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