The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Romanian cities teem with children living on the streets, since dictator Ceausescu - hoping to increase the work force - outlawed both birth control and abortion. More than any other film I have seen, this captures the heartbreak and hopelessness of street kids and their lives. The 5 kids we follow scratch out an existence living together in a subway station. It is initially hard to comprehend, as some of these kids theoretically have homes to return to. But when we see the nightmare reality of those homes, we start to understand that there are tiny children, some as young as 8, trapped between a rock and a hard place. A true horror film, but, like documentaries on the holocaust, one that has an important reason to exist. To move people to action, and to make sure this kind of institutionalized neglect never happens again.

We all know the existence of Street children, the news keep broadcasting the footage of them constantly, and we all feel sympathy for them when we are watching it. But how long we keep that sympathy on our mind after watching those footage? couple of weeks? a day? I guess the most of us just forget about it in couple of hours because we all have own life and we all have something to do.But this film, Children Underground, have so much impact, and got me thinking about those street children for almost a month since I watched it. The most heart breaking scene is one of the kids cut himself just because he took other kids to the wrong park by mistake, and the other kids blamed him for it. He cut himself from his guilty feeling, and that was so sad because he think that's the only way to gain his forgiveness, and what makes it worse is that the adult who are supposed to be there and teach him those stuff is not around him.This film gave me so many "what if" I've never even thought about. What if I was born as a orphan? What if I couldn't fit in there? What if the only way to feel safe is using that paint thing? and I realized I might be just like those kids if I wasn't born to my parents.The film have so much impact and message, and would definitely make you think about something, something strong.

This movie was both enlightening and depressing at the same time. I had no idea the late Romanian dictator implemented such a disastrous policy that has led to widespread suffering by his nation's children. It's also funny that some of the kids professed a belief in God despite their wretched conditions. I sincerely hope they can rise above mere belief and religion and pull themselves out of their situations.

Just an excellent documentary. I just happened to catch it on one of the movie channels and for some reason I couldn't turn away from it. The more you get to know the children the more hopeless you feel for their situation. One child in particular caught my eye. Mihai was such a resilent child and seemed so bright, it could only make you wonder what would be if circumstances were different. I applaud the filmakers for not disturbing or interupting the natural order or progression of these people's lives. The only way to make people understand and fully realize the awfulness of the situation is to sit back and watch and not be able to do anything. There are so many disturbing scenes in the film but what really got me was the scene in the park where the young boy cuts himself because of a fight he gets into with the girl. I could barely bring myself to watch it. These children are so mature for their age it belies how young they really are. I am not usually an emotional person when it comes to these documentaries but the sheer helplessness and sadness of the situations had me in tears. Tears of sadness and tears of frustration. An interesting note was the strong base that religion holds in that country and over these children. Many times they reference God and explain their plight as His will and following His path. In this country(USA) it seems God is the first person we blame for our troubles. Overall a emotionally exhausting yet well worth seeing film.