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Metascore
7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.comThe film does an excellent job of letting us inside Lakshmi's physical and emotional experience.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleColorful and visually pleasing, although there is nothing surprising in the rather predictable story.
- 75The Seattle TimesJohn HartlThe Seattle TimesJohn HartlAchingly sad and dismayingly familiar.
- 50Village VoiceErnest HardyVillage VoiceErnest HardyAll the characters are broadly sketched, though well acted. Beyond that, the innate tension of the subject matter — and the shamelessly manipulated emotions — carries the film to its uplifting ending.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe rest of us will likely fall into one of two camps regarding this well-intentioned film: those who praise it for drawing attention to the suffering of helpless children, and those who find it sufficiently lacking in cinematic value to decide there are better ways of helping those kids than spending 90 minutes watching it.
- 40Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinIt's unfortunate that Brown and company were unable to bring stronger narrative and filmmaking skills to this vital subject.
- 37Washington PostAlan ZilbermanWashington PostAlan ZilbermanSold is maudlin in a way that makes its audience, paradoxically, feel good, albeit superficially. A story of human trafficking should move us on a deeper, more uncomfortable level.