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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThis is a small film and knows exactly how to be a small film. Like many New Yorker short stories, its purpose is to strike a particular note and allow it to reverberate.
- 65As obvious and expected as this turn of events is, the filmmakers and Hollyman create such an endearing character in Sarah that one still wants to see her get there.
- 50New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinThe film would be better if it were gentler. It's broadly written and played, the actors too busy telegraphing their characters' emotions to let us contemplate their faces in peace.
- 50Village VoiceNick SchagerVillage VoiceNick SchagerUnfortunately, its tale is so slight and simple that it also fails to say anything particularly poignant about life.
- 50Boston GlobeMark FeeneyBoston GlobeMark FeeneyA bland, insistently amiable comedy that doubles as road movie.
- 40Time OutTime OutOddly enough, the film's best pro-tech argument is its look; shot on a consumer-grade digital camera, it's a testament to how elegantly framed low-budget projects can look these days.
- 40The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe best thing about Small, Beautifully Moving Parts is its admission that a positive pregnancy test is not always cause for giddy celebration; the worst thing is that, even at a lean 73 minutes, this flimsy road movie feels at least 43 minutes too long.
- 38Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerSlant MagazineAndrew SchenkerGentler and less aesthetically assaultive than offerings like 0s & 1s and Catfish, but it's not necessarily any subtler or more enlightening.