Beautiful Something Left Behind

Name: Beautiful Something Left Behind
Genre: Documentary
Released: January 8, 2021
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 63

2021

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MTV Documentary Films | Release Date (Streaming): January 8, 2021 | Not Rated

Summary: At Good Grief groups, children meet to understand the passing of a parent or a sibling through play, giving in to rage in 'the volcano room' and saying goodbye to a dying teddy bear patient in 'the hospital room'. Over the course of a year, we follow the weekly meetings and get close to Kimmy, Nicky, Peter, Nora, Nolan and Mikayla and theirAt Good Grief groups, children meet to understand the passing of a parent or a sibling through play, giving in to rage in 'the volcano room' and saying goodbye to a dying teddy bear patient in 'the hospital room'. Over the course of a year, we follow the weekly meetings and get close to Kimmy, Nicky, Peter, Nora, Nolan and Mikayla and their close companion: grief. It is sometimes heartbreaking, but also humorous, to experience the questions about life and death through their open and curious minds. Grief is high and heavy as a mountain, but it helps you understand what has happened, and that death is irreversible.… Expand

Director: Katrine Philp

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 88 min

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Marc Savlov

Jan 7, 2021

Through it all Philps keeps her camera low the better to represent the children’s as-yet-unformed POV, both literally and emotionally Read full review

Dan Rubins

Jan 7, 2021

Katrine Philp’s documentary boldly argues for a clear-eyed frankness in talking to bereaved children about loss. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Jan 7, 2021

It could be argued that the film needed a little more documentary-style explanation about how the facility works — how long children stay, the goals of the treatment, and so on. But ultimately, Philp can’t be blamed for stressing emotional engagement over exposition. Read full review

Hanna B.

Jan 7, 2021

In the end, there is no denying An Elephant in the Room is a very earnest project and it is the kind of documentary that has a subject so strong and primordial to its existence that “appearances and effects” might bear little consequences to its overall appreciation. Read full review

Michael Ordoña

Jan 7, 2021

Beautiful Something Left Behind, which won the documentary award at last year’s South by Southwest Film Festival when the film was called “An Elephant in the Room,” serves as a snapshot of kids in emotional crises, but sadly, little more. Read full review

John DeFore

Jan 7, 2021

The film exudes empathy, as you'd expect, but struggles to find a compelling point of view. Read full review

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