Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote: "I couldn't believe a moment of it, and never identified with little David." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 47 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Based on 34 reviews collected by the film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 39% of critics gave I Am David a positive review, with an average rating of 5.2/10. The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics. Finally, with the help of decent people whom he has learned to trust, David is reunited with his mother in Denmark. Gradually he learns that some people can be trusted, and to open up and experience his own feelings. Since David was locked in a camp all his life, he has repressed feelings and trusts no one anyway, and so feels lost and disoriented in the world.Īlong his journey, though he is mistreated by some people, he is well-treated by others. The guard also tells him to trust no one. David is helped by a guard to escape, who gives him a compass and tells him he must go southwest to Greece, take a boat to Italy and finally go north to Denmark, a peaceful and neutral country. Johannes ( Jim Caviezel), his friend and mentor in the camp, who prepares him for escape, is killed by a guard, leaving David to face escape on his own. Along his journey, he faces danger, fear, loneliness, hunger, missions and encounters various people. He sets out on a risky journey to Denmark, initially believing he is on an important mission to deliver a letter, but eventually discovering that the "mission" was to reunite him with his mother, of whom he has distinct memories. Seven years after World War II, a 12-year-old boy named David (Ben Tibber) escapes a Gulag in Bulgaria where he has spent his entire life where his mother has been taken away from him. The film was produced by Walden Media and Lions Gate Entertainment. It is based on the 1963 novel of the same name (originally published in the USA under the name North to Freedom) by Anne Holm. I Am David is a 2003 American drama film written and directed by Paul Feig in his directorial debut.
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