They film the other kids at home, at school, and at leisure, as they wander in the woods or around railroad yards.

NEWYORKER: Kids at Risk

If anyone makes it past all these obstacles, there are checkpoints at the bus station, at railroad yards and on the main roads out of town, complete with dogs to sniff out stowaways.

ECONOMIST: The Republicans are fretting about a disappearing problem

They follow three other kids at home, at school, and at leisure, as they wander around woods or railroad yards, and the movie becomes a wistful memorial to a barely surviving idyllic American childhood.

NEWYORKER: Bully

But if you want to keep the PC in the study, then Microsoft also had a solution to the missing 10 yards of railroad: enter the Xbox360 high definition (HD) version.

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