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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerAn unusually intelligent adventure film scaled for younger viewers, which never leaves adults behind.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe movie meets the requirements of the "Life Is Beautiful" school; those loyal to the tougher, more stringent Osama academy of realism need not apply.
- 50Dallas ObserverGregory WeinkaufDallas ObserverGregory WeinkaufI Am David is by far the best after-school special to hit the big screen this season.
- 50Chicago TribuneRobert K. ElderChicago TribuneRobert K. ElderThe beautifully shot but dramatically strained I Am David falls prey to the defect of all poor road movies: In gluing together unbelievable but convenient episodes with sugary sentimentality, it loses most of its credibility.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterThe picture is essentially a tearjerker, with little originality or insight.
- 40The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasWhile it's not always necessary for filmmakers to relate that closely to their material, Feig's marked distance from the story of a sullen boy who parts the Iron Curtain may account for its generic artlessness.
- 40Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumUnfortunately writer-director Paul Feig has a weakness for artiness in general and hokey art movies in particular, and the overall sluggishness of this 2003 adaptation starring Ben Tibber makes such devices as slow-motion seem like mannered rhetoric.
- 38Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertI couldn't believe a moment of it, and never identified with little David.