Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 17, 2011

This documentary is only partly a story of the chosen one; mainly, and more intriguingly, it's a chronicle of the choosing one, of the nervous young monk charged with the job of leading the search party.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 2, 2009

Films that address faith and love as eloquently as this moving 2008 documentary are rare.

| Oct 2, 2009

The film is fascinating on every level -- as a portrait of a willing servant in a complex, powerful and inscrutable religious system and a feast of spectacular sights and unusual mundane events in a corner of the world rarely exposed to prying eyes.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 2, 2009

Who knew reincarnation could be such a lovely snooze?

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 31, 2009

[Director] Baratz doesn't ask any of the obvious questions, preferring to observe uncritically, and if you can do the same, you may find Unmistaken Child worth seeing. I could not, and grew restless.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 23, 2009

[Director] Baratz's access to every stage of the process -- from Zopa's selection of a candidate to the testing of that candidate to the blessing of the Dalai Lama himself -- is phenomenal, almost indescribably privileged.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 16, 2009

You could argue that the film would be stronger if it explained more fully and asked more questions, yet "Unmistaken Child'' stands as a window on a beautiful and mysterious world. The questions it leaves hanging are for us to untangle.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 16, 2009

Adorable, moving, bewildering, sad and, ultimately, peaceful.

| Jul 2, 2009

A compelling documentary about events that followed the 2001 death of the revered Tibetan master Geshe Lama Kochog.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 26, 2009

Its privileged glimpse deep into unfamiliar spiritual territory has the strength of revelation.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 12, 2009

Unmistaken Child stands above most others in offering us an intimate look at Tibetan Buddhism in action, with no external commentary or narration.

| Jun 12, 2009

Baratz's apparent willingness to accept everything at face value papers over some of the more troubling aspects of Tenzin's mission, but Unmistaken Child allows the mysteries of the process to be preserved without judgment.

| Original Score: B | Jun 4, 2009

The story unfolds in Israeli director Nati Baratz's intriguing, beautifully filmed documentary Unmistaken Child, which records Tenzin Zopa's search and its aftermath.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 3, 2009

The documentary stands as a visually candid and picturesque peek into one of the world's most mysterious practices.

| Original Score: 3/6 | Jun 3, 2009

The movie is a drama of faith, a Tibetan monk's search for the reincarnation of his beloved master Lama Konchog.

| Jun 3, 2009

Unmistaken Child documents the four-year search of Tenzin Zopa, a gentle, baby-faced 28-year-old Nepalese monk.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 3, 2009

As lovely as the elegiac music and breathtaking shots of the Tibetan countryside are in Unmistaken Child, they don't really move things along.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 1, 2009