Children of Invention (2009): Two young children living illegally in a model apartment outside Boston are left to fend for themselves when their hardworking mother disappears. (6.3)
Director: Tze Chun
Stars: Cindy Cheung, Michael Chen and Crystal Chiu
The movie is a look at what people would do to make a buck and what the immigrants wouldn't do to make ends meet. Unfortunately, in this day and age, those two intersect with varying degrees of consequences, sometimes to the kids. Below the surface of this movie is a huge iceberg of a problem in the US society. I think, in an effort to appeal to the mainstream society, the director/writer uses mainly English as the language. It would have been more realistic, had the mother talk to the kids in Chinese and the kids answer back in English. That would also have shown the difference between the immigrant generation and the second generation. I sure am glad that my family and I didn't fall into scams when we first came to the US some 25 years back. My Rating: 6.0
