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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- The kids almost universally express the need for peace, equality, tolerance, homes for all and a safe planet.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleIAm Eleven is ultimately a satisfying film because the kids are so compelling. But Bailey’s motivations color the authenticity of a well-meaning “documentary” that borders on nostalgic self-indulgence and wishful thinking.
- 70The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerMs. Bailey’s willingness to let the children talk and to let the viewer impose broader meaning elevates it.
- 60Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinGiven the number and range of kids in view, there's a limit to how much specificity can be jammed into one movie.
- 50McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger Moore“Eleven” turns out to be an overreach, with too many voices to be anything but superficial, too few (she skipped sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America) to be thorough.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe feature-length film ultimately becomes repetitive, with the lack of contextual information about the subjects’ lives rendering the proceedings shallow.
- 50RogerEbert.comChristy LemireRogerEbert.comChristy LemireBailey has achieved the purpose she set out at the film’s start. She’s made a film that’s optimistic, ultimately. But it would have benefitted from being a lot more real.
- 40Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan Scherstuhl"I wanted to make something energetic, optimistic, universal, and real," Bailey announces in voiceover as the movie begins. She's certainly accomplished that, but it's too bad she didn't also aim for vital, illuminating, or consistently compelling.