Where Are My Children?

Where Are My Children?

A Smashing, Daring Subject, Done in A Smashing, Daring Way.

Directed by Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber

Produced by Lois Weber Productions

191664 min5.9 / 10

A morally urgent silent-era drama that confronts reproductive autonomy and social hypocrisy through the lens of a man's devastating discovery about his wife's hidden choices.

Walton, the District Attorney, yearns to have children. Soon after defending an author on trial for publishing indecent literature, Walton discovers a secret his wife and her socialite friends have been hiding from him.

Questions people ask

  • Is Where Are My Children? sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Does Where Are My Children? end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is Where Are My Children? easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Where Are My Children? violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is Where Are My Children? scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

28/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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Rarity86

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Surprise5

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Love20

How much audiences actually like it

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