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Warrendale

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Canadian filmmaker Allan King made this cinéma vérité documentary over the course of five weeks at an Ontario group home for emotionally disturbed youths in 1966. The patients range from elementary school age to their late teens, and head administrator Dr. Martin Fischer's preferred technique for handling their sometimes violent emotional outbursts involves having orderlies hold the children to prevent them from lashing out and hurting themselves or others.

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Joe Morgenstern Newsweek A very nearly perfect documentary. Jul 6, 2022 Full Review Vincent Canby New York Times Like the life it records, it simply exists, beyond criticism. Rated: 3.5/5 Mar 28, 2013 Full Review J. R. Jones Chicago Reader [A] striking cinema verite documentary. Mar 28, 2013 Full Review Serge Daney Cahiers du Cinéma Because he takes his premise to the limit, King, surpassing the small, scattered beauties that would have satisfied less demanding filmmakers, achieves the rigor of observation. Oct 3, 2023 Full Review Ann Birstein Vogue Warrendale is another shattering transcription of life as it is. May 28, 2020 Full Review Penelope Houston The Spectator It is, undeniably, as compelling as it is painful to watch, and some close-up effects 'are extraordinary. Jul 6, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Yet again....I am immensely overwhelmed at the importance of Allan King's films, historically, cinematically, emotionally, and spiritually. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Shockingly intimate Verite masterwork from Canadian maestro Allan King, focusing on the treatment of emotionally troubled kids at an experimental Toronto halfway house/mental hospital. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member 'Warrendale' is the rarest sort of film these days: one which I saw weeks ago and left me entirely speechless. An incredible use of documentary, and a skin-crawling experience that's somehow both exhilirating (as form) and exhausting (in content). Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Canadian filmmaker Allan King made this cinéma vérité documentary over the course of five weeks at an Ontario group home for emotionally disturbed youths in 1966. The patients range from elementary school age to their late teens, and head administrator Dr. Martin Fischer's preferred technique for handling their sometimes violent emotional outbursts involves having orderlies hold the children to prevent them from lashing out and hurting themselves or others.
Director
Allan King
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 40m