Full of shocking revelations, verdicts, and death, Kids For Cash is an eye-opening, important film that should be seen.

| Mar 1, 2019

'Kids for Cash' will scare the wits out of anyone worried about how institutional neglect is affecting our kids.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 11, 2014

The film is imperfect in its structure, but director Robert May never sensationalizes what is horrifying enough in its straightforward telling.

| Jun 9, 2014

Kids for Cash does what any great advocacy doc does: give you the cold hard facts to get you angry and make you want to pay attention so that something like this never happens again.

| Original Score: 4/4 | May 21, 2014

Its small filmmaking flaws aside, the story of Kids For Cash is a powerful and important one.

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Mar 17, 2014

While the film has heroes -- this is part of the utility of May's filmmaking -- the conclusions about the juvenile justice system in this country are even more haunting.

| Mar 10, 2014

A vital, urgent and infuriating look at the devastating failures of the juvenile court system and the insidious reach of prison privatization.

| Mar 6, 2014

In his directorial debut, Robert May examines in granular detail the causes and effects of the scandal, and interviewed dozens of people over a number of years.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 6, 2014

That the film showcases the students after these experiences indicates the broader stakes of this story, from the judge's self-delusions to the parents' frustrations to the kids' ongoing struggles.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Mar 5, 2014

A new kind of Scared Straight! for the post-Columbine generation.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 2, 2014

Adds considerable behind-the-headlines insight . . . despite the frustrating blank holes that are filled with rage against the machine of injustice.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 28, 2014

May errs, however, in styling this human interest saga.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 28, 2014

A carefully measured, admirably precise account of this sordid business.

| Feb 28, 2014

May does a marvelous job laying out this horrific scandal.

| Feb 28, 2014

An extraordinary feat.

| Feb 28, 2014

This provides enough valuable information to constitute a worthy public service announcement.

| Feb 27, 2014

Without sensationalizing his already scandalous material, Mr. May arranges the contributions of reporters, lawyers and anguished relatives of young offenders into a shocking and impartial portrait of justice denied and childhoods erased.

| Feb 27, 2014

[A] harrowing documentary.

| Original Score: A- | Feb 27, 2014

[A] for-profit prison developer so easily gaming the American justice system? An entire community of families ignorant of their legal rights? [These] are much thornier, more pressing outrages, and they go unexplored.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Feb 27, 2014

It's worth seeing Robert May's vital judicial expose - not only to learn about the titular scandal, but also to appreciate both the highs and lows of human resilience.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 27, 2014