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Children of a Lesser God (1986)
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Mark Medoff's tough play about deafness is sweetened and softened in this 1986 film adaptation directed by Randa Haines (Wrestling Ernest Hemingway). William Hurt plays a teacher newly hired at a school for deaf children, and Marlee Matlin is the deaf and withdrawn janitor who captures his attention. Romantic and heartfelt, the film makes its audience care very much about its two leading characters, and wince when Hurt's well-meaning instructor allows Matlin's handicap to become a problem. Haines develops some interesting visual ideas to underscore the isolation of Matlin's world, particularly a lovely refrain that finds Matlin...
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| Children of a Lesser God Movie Review by Bobby B (1/31/2008) |
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There's not a whole hell of a lot of movie here. It's about as basic a A "boy-meets-girl-boy-loses-girl-boy-gets-girl-back" story as you could ask for. The twist on that favorite plot line here is that the girl in question (the luminous Marlee Matlin) is angry...and deaf. William Hurt is James Leeds, the idealistic,...
(complete Children of a Lesser God review by Bobby B)
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