Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Phillida Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

anjanagunathilaka This movie feels the heart wrenching. The Children of Heaven is a beautiful illustration of how adversity draws people closer together. This is the best children's movie i have ever seen.

sundar1791 Being an ardent fan of realistic movies, Children of Heaven came as a perfect antidote to my fading belief in unadulterated love. The plot line, although rather simplistic has managed to collate multiple facets of growing up in financially decrepit circumstances. While Ali tries frantically to endure the month till his father can afford a new pair of shoes for Zehra, I was taken back to childhood days and I could feel the Ali wailing inside me, repenting for our mistakes and innocuously hiding them. My favourite moment in the movie was at the end where Ali ends up crying because he won the race and failed to come third, which would have given him a new pair of shoes as the prize money. We also get to see the reason why they are truly children of heaven, when Zehra decides to forgive her school friend whom she suspects has her stolen shoes, on finding out that her father was blind. Rarely do movies bring out such brilliant moments of human empathy. A must watch and it definitely goes into my list of all time favorites.

Ivan Lalic Iranian cinematography is one the Asian's most influential film industries. Its reputation is primarily being built on heavy drama genre and "Children of heaven" is one of those dramas.The story is quite simple. Brother and a sister must share a pair of sneakers due to his clumsiness that lead to the losing of her repaired shoes. Overall atmosphere is grim and heavy economical situation is the basis of the plot.On the other hand, both kid actors are just adoring and the script is really consistent in its basic punch line. Director Majid Majidi follows that consistency with its camera and action sequences (mostly running) all the way to a bit of disappointing ending."Children of heaven" is a powerful and timeless "family drama" for the entire family that will make you stop taking things for granted.

Naveen Sankaran I wasn't prepared to see the movie because it was the first time I am seeing a foreign movie which has no English/action/sci-fi in it. I was little afraid that I might waste the time watching the movie as I am not aware of what it was about. At the end, thank god! It has a very simple story line - a brother helping his sister - in a very tender and sweet yet with some sore in it. His plans, efforts for the cute loving sister is what that makes this movie a masterpiece if one has to say. If Godfather is a masterpiece in its stylish don genre, well this one says "one can also make a masterpiece with a simple story like this". Godfather made me love that movie, characters but this movie taught me what is love!Must watch and it will be a emotional experience for all of us.