Thanks for the memories!

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

This is the second time that I have seen the movie Innocent Voices. The first time I saw it was in Costa Rica on a school service trip. This movie did a fantastic job of showing the viewers how intense and dangerous the civil war was in El Salvador. The children and really everyone was never able to feel 100% safe. The young main character, Chava, was deeply afraid of turning 12 because the soldiers were able to recruit children if they were 12 and older. They would show up at the schools or even the homes and just take the children, the parents had no say. It was very saddening to see the way things were and all the hardships Chava and his family went through. Chava saw two of his friends get shot in the head and was almost killed many times himself. All together I think that it was a really good movie that kept my attention and interest.

This is a wonderful moving Mexican movie and it's not a surprise considering that the American neighbor prefers lately to make war movies that glorify their own army and thus totally blind to the fate of the helpless population. At last here, the first evidence of war is dramatically illustrated: it's a meaningless butchery! The opening of the movie is the perfect proof of that: children captured by soldiers! I wait the argument explaining that yes, children are threats and that yes, soldiers must obey all orders! It's such silly and shameful reasons that build the road for war and that extinguish the best of our humanity! All along the movie, disasters and pain grow endlessly and it was really hard to witness all those tragedies!Beyond the war drama, the movie is also an incredible story about childhood: it's funny to see that children look the same all over the world and whatever they have or not a peaceful, comfortable environment. They just need love, friends, education and fun! It was an eye opener to discover that the village was highly striated with the privileged families (his girlfriend) that lives in plain houses and the poor ones that have only in small huts or cabins. But, in the end, at school, they were all equals as they wear the same uniform and between them, they don't make differences.Technically, if the rhythm is sometimes a bit slow, the director offers good visuals. And the cast is just amazing: Leonor is courageous loving single mother and all the kids are amazing.I recommend highly this movie for those who seek a truthful drama that is everything except a political propaganda! In a way, it follows the path of "empire of sun", that is to say a crazy world felt trough the eyes of an innocent child!

Stunning film about the Salvadoran Civil War, told through the eyes of an 11-year-old boy, who, once he hits twelve, will be rounded up with other children and forced into military service, fighting for the US supported government. As shocking as the reality of the subject matter is, the film plays out peppered with good humor as we watch this mischievous little boy and his similarly mischievous friends carry on being children in spite of the horrors unfolding around them. Watching and laughing at these charming children brings a weight of sadness as we know they will soon have to grow up or die.Because the impoverished locals didn't stand a chance against the U.S. funded military machine of El Salvador, they had to resort to guerrilla warfare, which in turn prompted the creation of US sponsored death squads whose role was to spread terror amongst the locals. They did this by killing over 75,000 innocent people.

This is a wonderful movie. Amazing actors, especially the kids, beautiful and also disturbing pictures about the life in a war zone. Well made directing by a formerly Hungarian director(just like me). And of course the heartbreaking music too makes this movie unforgettable. It's sad that what we can see here are real...shame for those people who want more and more power by killing others. Spanish voice is the best here. I don't know why, but it's more powerful with the original language. Truly moving piece of cinema art! I'm really happy to have this movie at home. A war movie where we can see teardrops falling into river of blood on the dirty floor... A must see!