The material is emotionally wrenching, but the actors play sociopolitical totems more than flesh-and-blood characters.

This is an absorbing and involving picture, but the terms propounded here limit the story, which depends almost entirely on emotions rather than on thought.

This drama about interracial adoption is serious and affecting, thanks in large part to the presence of its two magnetic stars.

Despite the fine leads and some well-crafted scenes, Losing Isaiah is apt to make viewers angry and frustrated no matter where they stand on the issues.