What makes it different from others?

Highly Overrated But Still Good

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Trophy kids by Chris Bell was appalling , chronicling the lives of 6 children and their naive and neglective parents. The way these parents are so intent on living through their children is disgusting, one even daring to claim it was "God's will". All through the film you could see each child being emotionally abused or black mailed, you would wonder do these parents have any idea of the traumatic experience they are putting their young through.The camera technique was shaky and bounced around a lot but improved over the course of the documentary.It proved an enlightening view of other types parental abuse and I would recommend it if one was planing on doing something similar with their children.

Although I found the movie OK mainly due to the talented kids I found myself wanting to go to America to tell these parents that a child's life should be enjoyable not a constant conflict between themselves and parents . I found the American footballers father to be a horrendous person that I couldn't watch at certain points and the same can be said about the golf dad who at one point called his little girl a bitch. If you are a pushy parent this one is for you but if you love your child as a child it probably should be avoided. For some reason and I am not sure what reason I kept watching even though these parents were making my blood boil every time one of them opened there mouths. Every parent wants the best for there children and this documentary shows the most extreme side of that and it is very hard to watch at times. Overall I'm glad I watched as it has shown me the kind of parent I really do not want to become

If you're a parent and you're looking for what NOT to do as a parent, this is the show for you! Truly a disgusting display of poor parenting skills. Whether it's the moms or the dads, they are all warped. One mom wants us to believe she's got Jesus on her side, but she's just a warped as the dads, maybe more because she doesn't believe what she's doing is wrong. When Justus's dad is screaming at him in the car while visiting the mom in Washington I was shocked that his mother didn't stop that cr4p when it first started to happen. Clearly they've got some 'family dynamic' issues when her 2 middle boys have a different daddy than Justus and the baby - I feel certain his bad behavior didn't just start when Justus was 15, but regardless his dad's attitude and approach was disturbing to say the least - sort of glad when he got hurt. :) Poor Amari, that sweet baby just needs a hug and a high five - her daddy is just looking for a big pay day off the back of his child. The basketball boys have it rough too, but at least their dad's say "I love you" occasionally, which is more than some of the others ever say.

Parents... horrible. I'm sure they are not all like the ones in this movie, but wow. It just angered me to watch how these parents behaved toward their kids and people around them. Amari (little golfer) had the worst, with her over bearing father cursing & swearing... calling her names that NO parent should EVER call their little daughter.For the two basketball kids, wow, they truly are talented with this ball skills, but the physical limitations were pretty obvious, especially against those Division I ready kids. At the end of the day, the parents had no idea what these kids wanted to do.. One of the parents actually saying that she's doing everything to help her kids achieve their dream... which frankly was her dream.