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  • 39 Pounds of Love
  • Opened April 9, 2005
  • 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

So-so Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

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  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | John McMurtrie

    An uplifting documentary.

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter | Sheri Linden

    An unsentimental portrait.

  • 70
    The New York Times |

    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...

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