It would have served the film well if more time and focus was devoted to Michelle's life today and how she's managing.
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Village VoiceDaphne Howland
Village VoiceDaphne Howland
The doc is gorgeously filmed, well edited, and works in close-up, but the result is more voyeuristic than revealing, except to show that desolation is among those things that cannot be seen or touched.
Smith is certainly a worthy advocate for the mainstreaming and acceptance of “outcasts” or “others.” Unfortunately, Zevgetis doesn’t dig deeply enough here.
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Slant MagazineClayton Dillard
Slant MagazineClayton Dillard
It believes that the avenue to proving humanity is through banalizing gestures of quotidian significance.
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RogerEbert.comNick Allen
RogerEbert.comNick Allen
With a documentary as flabby but well-meaning as Best and Most Beautiful Things, you have to savor the small stuff.