Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival, 2005
Winner, Grand Jury Prize, CineVegas Film Festival, 2004
"One of the most original, daring, intriguing, and honest films of the year."
- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times
"Uncommonly confessional and perceptive...brutally truthful, funny, and touching in nearly equal measure."
- Scott Foundas, VARIETY
"The Talent Given Us could qualify as the bravest film I've ever seen."
- Wendy Mitchell, indieWIRE