One of my all time favorites.

Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

On November 15, 2013, something very wonderful happen in the Bay Area, when the city of San Francisco was transformed into Gotham City by the Make a Wish Foundation in order to fulfill a young cancer survivor, Miles Scott's dream of becoming Batman for a day. Directed by Dana Nachman, this film revisit it all; telling the stories of how thousands of volunteers, city officials, businesses and supporters achieve this dream; while also telling the backstory of the child in honor, Miles Scott. While, this documentary will melt even the coldest of hearts, there were some moments in the film that I have a love/hate relationship with. One of those things, was the fact that the event was aided throughout by social media groups that seems to disguised themselves as a worthy help; when in truth, they seem more like using the event for more selfish reasons, like self-brand promoting. Maybe, it's just the cold-hearted part of me, but I really found it odd that social marketing sites like Clever Girls would do, this, for the free. After all, there is no such thing as a free lunch. It's not like they help manipulating their client advertisements in every social media link, news article and promotional website, when Batkid was threading to nearly 2 billion people around the world or would they. Another person that came off a bit, sketchy and annoying was social media promoter, Mike DeJesus who seem a little too proud of his work, while using the Make-A-Wish foundation handle. After all, this guy seem to be, a little narcissism on what I saw, on his then, and most recent media postings, when doing research for this review. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to poke holes into their moral character, but the film doesn't deliver on a really good reason, on why they really wanted to volunteer for this assignment. The same goes with all the political city agencies, and even the entertainment industries that came to Make-A-Wish's aid. In the end, who knows, what hidden agendas, these large social structures had with this project. While, the event and this documentary can be very entertaining and exciting to watch, it's also promoting a number of commercialism product behind the main theme. I just hope, Miles Scott is truly a San Francisco Giants fan, the same with Lamborghini, and other products that is feature at the event, so much. Another problem, that I have, against the movie, is how much, they push Miles Scott to do the actives, even after he admits to his family that he is tired. Was it, really the best decision to have the kid climb a large amount of stairs, do stunts, and others, in yet; another exploit with the Penguin (Mike Jutan), so soon after remission with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The first one with the Riddler (Phillip Watt) was good enough. Despite that, I have to say, the staged events that they made for him, were really cool and all the performers that went through it, with him, deserve much praise. It was very impressed to watch. Well done, Caped Crusader, and all of those who helped along the way. I also love, seeing how many people showed up to cheer for Batkid. Having lived in the Bay Area and seeing the events, first-hand, I still didn't know, how many people show up. It really surprised me that 25,000 people showed up to celebrate and support Make-A-Wish foundations Batkid day. It really shows the power that social media has with people. However, I think some of those people were just there, as an easy and cheap way to feel like they accomplished something when they didn't. Still, the event got so popular that also in 2015, producer/actress Julie Roberts announced that she will produce and star in a feature adaptation of the documentary Batkid Begins, titled, "Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World". While, this might sound amazing. I really don't like this idea of a fictionalized version of this documentary at all. It sounds like an ambulance chaser of a movie. I don't think, those events need to be cinematic recreation. In truth, this documentary is good enough on its own merit to serve as an entertaining historical video reminder of the real-life event. Anything else, would seem cheap and bandwagonly. Plus, I like how this film donated 100% of the film's proceeds to The Batkid Fund, which benefits the Make-A-Wish Foundation, along with 4 other charities. I think the Hollywood version, if made, would do less than that. Overall: I have to say, this movie is unabashedly sentimental to the point that I can hardly find, much flaws with it. 'Batkid Begins' is one 'superhero' movie, worth seeing.

Critics be damned! This movie will quite simply make you feel good about humanity. This is a film about a storybook day in San Francisco--a day when downtown was pretty much shut down to make a little boy's dream come true. The best use of city funds? Probably not. But if a city's officials can't take time to be a little silly and do something for the sheer joy and good of it, maybe it's not a city worth living in. As a San Francisco resident, I can attest that the money was well spent, coming back in the form of boundless goodwill and smiles all across the city--and all across the world, in the form of social media. For once, the lead story on the news wasn't about homelessness or crime, it was about the humanity in all of us. (And I'm sure this humanity translated to lots of awareness and financial support for not only the Make-a-Wish Foundation but for many other childhood cancer organizations.) Hooray for Miles! And Hooray for San Francisco! And hooray for the director and producers of this film, who are putting the money made from the documentary right back into funding organizations that fight childhood illness.Watch Batkid Begins when you need a little mood-booster. If it doesn't lift your spirits, than you are just too far gone.

This is the true story of a little boy who at a year and half was diagnosed with Childhood Leukaemia. When he finally went into remission after 3 long years of chemotherapy treatment, his parents decided they would contact the charity Make a Wish. You see it was the little boy's dream to become Batman or Batkid. With the help of many thousands of volunteers, the city of San Francisco transformed itself for 1 day into Gotham City. Another little boy donated his batman costume.This is a true story, its actually a documentary of the days events and those around it and to me it just proves what the power of social media can do. Wonderful. Such a heart warming story.

In a world filled with bad news, I'm so happy to bring my young kids out to see a film that entertained them and showed them that people can be good. As an adult I quickly forget how dreams and imagination are the seat for a world where there can be hope. Watching the film as an adult my mind drifted to thinking about how much money was spent on the event. Then I saw how happy my kids were sitting next to me and immediately I saw the bigger picture. The amount of money spent on the event was proportionally small when compared to the impact the film had on terms of awareness for a good cause. Much more money is spent on ad campaigns for commercial products or even political views that do not improve our quality of life or bring people together for a positive cause. The events and the cause in the film were very positive. The fact that it grew to such a large scale was due to the fact that thousands of participants dedicated their own time out of compassion. It was basically a vote that was cast by the participants to say I will try to make this a better world instead of sitting and complaining. The symbolism is never lost throughout the film as we watch a kid dress up as his favorite mythical hero who represents hope in a time of darkness. The film was a very rare success for both adults and children and showed how people from everywhere can come together to make our world better. Hope is a powerful force.