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Movie Info

A comic book artist returns to Seoul for the first time since he was abandoned at the age of 5.

Genre:

biography, animation
Original Language:

French (Canada)
Director:

Laurent Boileau, Jung
Producer:

Patrick Quinet, Nicolas Piccato, Thomas Schmitt
Writer:

Laurent Boileau
Release Date (Streaming):

Aug 10, 2016
Runtime:

1h 15m

Cast & Crew

Christelle Cornil
La mère adoptive de Jung
Voice

William Coryn
Jung adulte
Voice

Jean-Luc Couchard
Le père adoptif de Jung
Voice

Nathalie Homs
Bonne Maman
Voice

David Murgia
Cédric à 17 ans
Voice

Maxym Anciaux
Cédric à 8 ans
Voice

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Critic Reviews for Approved for Adoption

All Critics (10) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (10)

This 2012 feature is melancholy for a movie about childhood (probably too much so to appeal to children), but the intimate storytelling is appealing all the same.

February 28, 2014 | Full Review…

Ben Sachs
Chicago Reader
"Approved for Adoption" is tough and tender, a rich resource for anyone who has been adopted, and anyone who plans to adopt.

November 21, 2013 | Full Review…

Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
The archival clips are eye-opening, and the animation, with its lovely subdued palette, is alive with the pains, joys and rascal spirit of childhood.

November 21, 2013 | Full Review…

Sheri Linden
Los Angeles Times
The movie is not always well unified and sequenced, but that seems to reflect Mr. Henin's ambivalence over a past that's like a book he is at once rereading and rewriting.

November 7, 2013 | Full Review…

Nicolas Rapold
New York Times
Watching the animated memoir Approved for Adoption can stir a serenity like skipping stones on water for a delightfully long time.

November 5, 2013 | Full Review…

Daphne Howland
Village Voice
It's impossible not to be charmed on some level by Jung Henin and Laurent Boileau's Approved for Adoption, though it's best not to ask for too much.

October 21, 2013 | Full Review…

Jay Weissberg
Variety
The anecdotes Jung shares ache with honesty, effectively relating how he eventually reconciled his lack of a past with the promising future his new family offered him.

April 21, 2014 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Jamie S. Rich
Oregonian
Using a motley mix of often charming animation and live action which includes actual home footage of Jung as a child, as well as the present time...Approved for Adoption strives for a narrative and emotional complexity it sometimes achieves.

November 7, 2013 | Full Review…

David Noh
Film Journal International