Steal a Pencil for Me Reviews

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Metascore ®: 75
Based upon 6 Critic Reviews
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San Francisco Chronicle | Leba Hertz

A terrific documentary about forbidden love in the most heinous of places.

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100
Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

Gentle study in human resilience and luck.

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83
Los Angeles Times | Kevin Crust

Tells this most unusual love story with grace and compassion.

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70
The New York Times | Matt Zoller Seitz

What makes Ms. Ohayon?s movie special is its recognition that epic horrors don?t erase private dramas.

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70
The Onion (A.V. Club) | Staff (Not credited)

There's incredible feeling behind Steal A Pencil For Me--enough to sustain two lives throughout unimaginable hardship--but the film doesn't bring much of it to the surface.

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67
Variety | Joe Leydon

Fortunately, helmer Michele Ohayon ("Cowboy del Amor") treats her tricky subject matter with sufficient sensitivity to keep doc from ever seeming offensively flip or overly sentimental.

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60

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