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      Donor Unknown

      2010 Documentary List
      91% Tomatometer 11 Reviews 76% Audience Score 250+ Ratings JoEllen Marsh searches for the man who donated the sperm her mother used to have her. Read More Read Less

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      Nigel Andrews Financial Times My advice: re-rent The Kids Are All Right, where sperm-donor paternity (played by Mark Ruffalo) gets the rueful, witty, mischievous-seriocomical treatment it should. Rated: 2/5 Jun 8, 2011 Full Review Philip French Guardian The best feature film on the subject is Lisa Cholodenko's funny and touching The Kids Are All Right. Jerry Rothwell's engaging documentary delivers the real-life thing. Jun 5, 2011 Full Review Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard Only in America, you're bound to say after watching Donor Unknown, but it's worth a look all the same. Rated: 3/5 Jun 3, 2011 Full Review MaryAnn Johanson Flick Filosopher [A]s cheery and bittersweet and lovely-melancholy as can be... Jun 9, 2011 Full Review Allan Hunter Daily Express (UK) The scenes in which JoEllen meets her growing collection of half-sisters and half-brothers are among the most emotional in a sweet but slight documentary. Rated: 3/5 Jun 3, 2011 Full Review Tony Peters Radio Times What emerges is a moving, very human story about the search for belonging, as much as the need to make a child's own identity complete. Rated: 3/5 Jun 2, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Well, how random... They say there's a limit as to how many children a donor can spawn, but he was making A LOT of deposits back in the day, and this is the result! A hell of a lot of half-siblings appearing. A really interesting doc about how all the kids have bonded, but the freak of a donor father is more interested in animals including pigeons, than his own flesh & blood gorgeous kids. Bizarre-o. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Well, how random... They say there's a limit as to how many children a donor can spawn, but he was making A LOT of deposits back in the day, and this is the result! A hell of a lot of half-siblings appearing. A really interesting doc about how all the kids have bonded, but the freak of a donor father is more interested in animals including pigeons, than his own flesh & blood gorgeous kids. Bizarre-o. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member A deceptively simple film that gently explores the significance of family and blood relationships. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member One the best films I've seen in years!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Fantastic, brilliant & very human documentary. If you get the chance, see it! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member An interesting snapshot into a world where 54 siblings from one sperm donor is possible. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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      Synopsis JoEllen Marsh searches for the man who donated the sperm her mother used to have her.
      Director
      Jerry Rothwell
      Producer
      Hilary Durman, Al Morrow
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      English (United Kingdom)