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      • On Rotten Tomatoes, Children of a Lesser God holds an approval rating of 81% based on 36 reviews, with an average rating of 7.10/10. The site's critical consensus reads, " Children of a Lesser God transcends its transparently noble goals thanks to a pair of absorbing performances from William Hurt and Marlee Matlin."
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  2. “Children of a Lesser God” is a competent, professional docudrama. It could have been more. Film is the medium of the visual and should be ideally suited to a story about a person who cannot hear, but only if the movie invites us inside that world and invites – even forces – us to an act of empathy.

  3. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Noah Berlatsky Splice Today. Randa Haines’ 1986 Children of a Lesser God was the first Oscar Best Picture nominee directed by a woman....

  4. Overall, Children of a Lesser God is a fantastic movie and is one of those hidden 80's movies that you should check out. The movie starts a little slow, but the acting and the screenplay are excellent.

  5. Children of a Lesser God: Directed by Randa Haines. With William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco. A new speech teacher at a school for the deaf falls in love with the janitor, a deaf woman speechless by choice.

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    • Drama, Romance
    • Randa Haines
  6. '80s love story has some strong language, sex. Read Common Sense Media's Children of a Lesser God review, age rating, and parents guide.

    • Randa Haines
    • Barbara Shulgasser-Parker
    • Warner Bros.
  7. Children of a Lesser God is a 1986 American romantic drama film directed by Randa Haines from a screenplay written by Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff and based on Medoff's 1979 play. The film stars William Hurt, Marlee Matlin (in her film debut), Piper Laurie, and Philip Bosco.

  8. Watching Children of a Lesser God, the screen adaptation of Mark Medoff's 1980 Broadway play, is like being on a cruise to nowhere aboard a ship with decent service and above-par fast-food.

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