Storyline

With one in eight American children suffering a confirmed case of neglect or abuse by age 18, there are currently more than 400,000 children in foster care in the U.S., a number that continues to grow each year. Drawing on unprecedented access, FOSTER explores the often-misunderstood world of foster care through compelling stories from the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, the largest county child welfare agency in the country.

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DirectorMark Jonathan Harris

ReleasedJun 14, 2018

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guide18RO

Studio

Sabine Films

Reviews

5 reviews · 4 critics

4 fresh · 0 rotten

Kenneth Turan

RTLos Angeles TimesMay 3, 2019

[A]n intimate, intensely dramatic film that holds us in its grip like a page-turning novel. Except it's all true.

Eddie Strait

RTThe Daily DotMay 9, 2019

Over the course of two hours, Harris presents a wide-ranging and clear-eyed look at the potential and limits of the current foster care system.

Joel Keller

RTDeciderMay 8, 2019

Foster needs a little more balance, but it's a good treatise on how people can come out the other side of the overwhelmed foster system and do well.

Rob Owen

RTPittsburgh Post-GazetteMay 1, 2019

It's about time for a quality drama that explores the foster care system from all angles and perhaps in so doing encourages more adults with a stable home life to consider fostering.