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  • 39 Pounds of Love
  • Opened April 9, 2005
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  • NR
  • Ami, a young man with muscular dystrophy given only 6 years to live and weighing a mere 39 pounds, perseveres despite being immobile except for one finger. At 34, Ami, now a 3-D animator, takes a cross-country journey of a lifetime to find the Read More
  • Director: Dani Menkin
  • Genres: Documentary

39 Pounds of Love Critic Reviews

Metascore®56 out of 100 | Mixed or average reviews

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter | Sheri Linden

    An unsentimental portrait.

  • 70
    The New York Times | Jeannette Catsoulis

    A bracingly honest yet poetic portrait of a man refusing to be defined by the...

  • 67
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    In moments that have nothing to do with representing the weight of love...

  • 63
    Chicago Tribune | Michael Wilmington

    Like the cerebral palsy-stricken Irish artist Christy Brown of "My Left Foot,"...

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