Small, Beautifully Moving Parts: Critic Reviews

MovieWeb: 0 reviews

50%

Rotten Tomatoes: 12 reviews

Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times (Top Critic)

40

Even at a lean 73 minutes, this flimsy road movie feels at least 43 minutes too long.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Mark Feeney Boston Globe (Top Critic)

50

Lazy storytelling expects a pass as indie authenticity.
Full Review » 12 months ago
Nick Schager Village Voice (Top Critic)

Unfortunately, its tale is so slight and simple that it ... fails to say anything particularly poignant about life.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Joe Neumaier New York Daily News (Top Critic)

"Small, Beautifully Moving Parts" is a tiny, sweet gem.
Full Review » 1 year ago
David Edelstein New York Magazine (Top Critic)

The 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.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

75

This 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.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Ben Sachs Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

There's a big difference between commenting on the zeitgeist and simply acknowledging it, as this featherweight independent comedy demonstrates.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Matt Singer ScreenCrush

80

The film is true to its title: small, beautiful and moving.
Full Review » 1 year ago
David Noh Film Journal International

Highly agreeable, funny and bright study of a pregnant woman all at sea in a world where wireless options seem to outweigh human ones in her life.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality and Practice

80

An intimate and well-acted drama about the technological tools in our lives and the quest of a young pregnant woman to reconcile with her long estranged mother.
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Ian Buckwalter NPR

65

Small, Beautifully Moving Parts isn't always completely elegant about getting its point across, but its imperfections are only human - a quality, as Sarah eventually realizes, that can have its own appeal.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Andrew Schenker Slant Magazine

38

Gentler and less aesthetically assaultive than 0s & 1s and Catfish, but it's not necessarily any subtler or more enlightening.
Full Review » 1 year ago