All the Invisible Children (2005)

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Dreadfully Boring

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

"Tanza" - About child soldiers but fails to touch on any of the issues surrounding the use of child soldiers in African wars. This is the worst of the short films. The acting is also very poor. The sentimentality based on an educated child soldier with a conscience doesn't seem to match reality at all.(With regards to the previous comment about the use of English, the children speak Pidgin English which is a recognised world dialect and is realistically used by people from different tribes to communicate)."Blue Gypsy" - A very lively and well produced short film. The depiction of the family of robbers is excellent. Most of the humour was very good, although a few jokes wore a bit thin (the conductor falling off the stage for example). The scene in the railway station is particularly good."Jesus Children of America" - One of the best of the short films depicting a child who may or may not have inherited AIDS from her parents. A very moving short film which deals with some of the issues in a sensitive manner."Bilu e João" - Probably the best of the short films. This deals with the lives of two children who work collecting garbage on the streets of Sao Paulo. The film's use of glossy imagery of the children contrasts against the harsh conditions they are living in. The use of well-off looking children as the street urchins helps show the disparity between rich and poor."Jonathan" - A rather confusing short film which has some nice scenes shot in English woods. The film deals with the games that children play. While most children play war games there are many children in the world that actually have to live through war."Ciro" - Set in Naples, two street urchins steal a rich man's watch and go on to sell it. The only help the children get is from the fence while the rest of society is arguing about who is to blame. Well shot film with some beautiful scenes."Song Song and Little Cat" - A horrible film using overblown 50's cinema techniques to deal with a cheesy plot. (Possibly and insult to 50's cinema).Overall the compilation of short films is well put together and well worth seeing.

The World is not always a beautiful place. This movie, that exist of multiple small movies, shows a few of the world's problems... especially in relation to children.Because the subject is important and the stories are realistic, there is already enough reason to watch it. Not every sub-movie is as strong as the other. But they all tell their own story and overall I liked it very much. Also don't forget that some big names have been involved in creating this movie, to name some: Spike Lee, Ridley Scott and John Woo.It has almost no action, certainly no exploding special effects. But it does have drama, laughter and shocking moments... go see it.

I was lucky enough to see the film yesterday and I have to say I loved it!!! Only two out of the seven short films were a bit on the bad side, but overall a very good film. I'll try to keep my comments spoiler-free for those who haven't seen it, but there is one on the final comment (there's a note right before it).TANZA This is the first short film presented and I have to say one of the weakest. I would have preferred to see the characters speaking in their native tongue and have subtitles there rather than hearing them attempt to speak English, it made the whole thing a bit unnatural, and the end result is not really satisfying in my opinion. BLUE GYPSY This was one of my favorites. The lovely balance of humor and dramatic undertones eventually collide in an impressive and gripping result. Loved it!!! Jesus CHILDREN OF America A great one as well! The little kid actress is wonderful and there is some pretty heavy stuff on this one. The ending scene was not very good though, but everything else in this short makes-up for this little "mistake". JOAO AND BILU This was another one of my favorites. There's nothing too dramatic on this one but therein lies it's beauty, in it's simplicity. CIRO Another great short. I loved the whole shadow play and in the end it really goes to the core of what being a child is. JONATHAN This one was definitely the worst. Pretentious and completely uninteresting, it doesn't even come close to the quality of all the other ones. SONG SONG AND LITTLE CAT (*contains SPOILERS*) This one was awesome and it could have been the best one of them all if John Woo hadn't exploded its resources. It starts off very well and it has many heart-wrenching moments but we really could have done without the explicit shot of the "grandfather" holding the old pencil, or any of the ending shots for that matter. I would have ended it on the girl looking at the kids in school, it would have been more powerful to end it like that rather than force it to be a happy ending, I mean come on! The grandpa saying "goodbye" through the window, we did not need that! Anyways, in spite of all that I really loved it. And OMG it ends and the BEAUTIFUL, Oscar-deserving song "Teach Me Again" by Elisa (featuring Tina Turner) comes up!!!!!! Can't think of a better way to end a movie :)

these short films are amazing seeing them at the Venice film festival with the directors was a once in a life time experience, the most hard hitting story i found was the end story directed by John Woo, named Song Song & Little Cat, it was an amazing story about 2 little girls coming from completely different backgrounds one filled with love the other not hatred, but sadness, the story was emotional and yet extremely happy. It is a tale of hope. the story unfolds when a girl throws her favourite doll out of the car window and a homeless man picks it up and takes it to his 'granddaughter' a young girl he found in the same place as the doll, her only dream in life to go to school, while out begging her 'grandfather' is killed, and a rose seller takes her in while out trying to sell her wares she see's the girl who threw away her doll and gives her a single rose, which in the end saves her from been killed by her mother when she try's to commit suicide. a fantastic film, within a collection of amazing films written by fantastic directors such as Spike Lee and Jordan and Ridley Scott. amazing film a must see.... i give it 11/10