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My Flesh and Blood (2003)
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Who says you can't choose your family?
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Documentary following Susan Tom of Fairfield, California and her 11 adopted special needs children. | add synopsis
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6 wins & 4 nominations more
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A Mother's Love. more (23 total)
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(Credited cast) | Anthony Tom | ... | Himself |
| Faith Tom | ... | Herself |
| Joe Tom | ... | Himself |
| Margaret Tom | ... | Herself |
| Susan Tom | ... | Herself |
| Xenia Tom | ... | Herself |
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In the scene where Susan is looking at men on the internet, none of the pictures shown on the film are the actual pictures she was looking at. Instead, for legal purposes, pictures of director Jonathan Karsh's wife's co-workers were inserted. more
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| Did anyone else | shinyam75 |
| Anthony but not Joe? | goats_say_u_must_read_this |
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| where are they now?? | vegasman2000 |
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Engrossing and absolutely heart-breaking documentary chronicling one year (to the day) in the life of overweight and middle-aged adoptive mother, Susan Tom. Tom has raised and continues to love and care for at present 11 special-needs children who were unfortunately abandoned by their biological parents for varying reasons when most of them were basically infants. The astounding perseverance witnessed through numerous struggles emotional and otherwise by Tom and five of the children (which the filmmakers chose to focus in on especially) is awe-inspiring to say the least! I literally stand up and applaud Ms. Susan Tom for maintaining all that courage, tenacity and honest-to-goodness love in her heart for that extra-special group of children who might have otherwise perished (so to speak) had she not stepped in and reared them as her own when she did. "My Flesh and Blood" is truly one of the best documentaries that I've ever had the pleasure of seeing. It's sure to captivate as well as tug at your heart strings with it's unabashed display of reality as Susan Tom and her brood live it to the best of their abilities each and every single day of their lives. (***** out of *****)