Foster

Have watched twice (because this is my field) and was underwhelmed both times. Not sure what one learns by watching, and know that many people connected to the system feel this exploited the youth profiled.

This is essentially an advert for Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, which is an agency that quintessential basket case. If anything the data support privatizing this work. I suggest for a more honest appraisal that you read "A Culture of fear: An Inside Look at Los Angeles County's Department of Children & Family Services" for a primer on the documented systematic abuses by DCFS and avoid this emotional cherry picked bogus "documentary."

On top of that, the peer reviewed DATA and STUDIES show that 90% of kids with a given number of issues who would normally be put in foster system, do BETTER staying with their parents. Ie the science shows for nine out of ten kids put in foster care, their long term outcomes would have been better if they had not been taken from their parents.

Lastly the ten star reviews for this nonsense "documentary" are single use accounts, meaning the makers and their pals at DCFS are even dishonest in shilling reviews.

It seems that since the book and film White Oleander gave us a glimpse into foster care from a child's perspective, the only news we've gotten is the negative. All parenting is difficult and natural parents are equally imperfect or we wouldn't need foster care as much as we do. The documentary Foster gives us a side of the system that won't make the nightly news. We get to see the necessity, the opportunity, and the hope that foster care can bring into the lives of those involved. It's moving, we see the challenges, and the heroes like Ms. Beavers, and in the end it made me feel want to support those who devote their lives to this important cause.

Emotionally riveting, this film takes an in depth look at the lives of the many people who collectively provide a sampled taste of what it's like to be a part of the foster care system. This documentary is thought-provoking with no shortage of laughter or tears. Everyone's individual story is meshed together and interwoven like a quilt in order to help give insight and a broader view of the blanket that is the foster care system.

Ms. Beavers is an absolute delight, while Jessica, a motivated social worker, gives us some sort of hope that there is good in the world and positive changes to be made. The film shows that there is still MUCH work to be done by discussing topics such as racism, poverty, drugs, social reform, economic inequality and so much more.

I highly recommend this film for anyone interested in the foster care system, children, social issues, families, social reform, and anything having to do with the youth and our future.

Its a docu about the lost children of los angeles. its a depressing story and a nonfavourable item for the government of usa.its like watching a pinball game, where the child are thrusted and thrown from here to there between fosterhomes etc.

the filmaking are raw material en masse', and that shows clearly on the parttakers, very stiff,eyes fluttering from anxiety and nerves, where nobody really get to say what they want the way they wont. the narrative are so bad and incoherent, so if i werent interested in the issue, i would have jumped of the travel.

important issue, but not a good docu, thinks the grumpy old man