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UNICORN SISTERS,THE

The Unicorn Sisters is about three recently orphaned sisters who live with their older brother in horrible living conditions where they experience malnourishment and verbal abuse from the older brother, who cares more about his video games and concerts than his own kin. They go to school and are bullied by multiple groups of people. When one of the siblings passes out, the sisters' teachers are concerned and child services plan to take the children away. At times, you sense a certain empathy for his siblings and then he yells at them for no reason. The acting is not very good. All the child actors and, even some of the adult performances feel so unnatural. They seem to struggle to get through their lines without pausing awkwardly in the middle of them. The production values are okay although the CGI backgrounds aren't very realistic. The film does have a rather sweet ending. I give this 1 out of 5 stars and an age rating of 7 to 10 for its themes of child abuse and malnourishment. I do not feel this is ready for exposition yet. It needs some work. Reviewed by Benjamin Price, KIDS FIRST! Film Critic age 13

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