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Janet Maslin, New York Times: This drama about interracial adoption is serious and affecting, thanks in large part to the presence of its two magnetic stars. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: This is an absorbing and involving picture, but the terms propounded here limit the story, which depends almost entirely on emotions rather than on thought. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The movie, directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal and written by Naomi Foner, deals with all of those issues, but in a finally unsatisfactory way. Read more
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle: Losing Isaiah transcends the custody issue and finds drama in the black-white polarities that neither character can escape. Read more
Todd McCarthy, Variety: The material is emotionally wrenching, but the actors play sociopolitical totems more than flesh-and-blood characters. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Not only does this lowest-common denominator conclusion backfire, it insults anyone who invested their time getting involved in the whole thing. Read more
Rita Kempley, Washington Post: While the subject may be controversial enough to merit an Oprah free-for-all, this evenhanded melodrama is neutral to a fault. Read more