Body Parts

Name: Body Parts
Genre: Documentary
Released: February 3, 2023
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 58
Cast: Alexandra Billings, Angela Robinson, David Simon, Emily Meade, Jane Fonda

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Shout! Studios | Release Date: February 3, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Alexandra Billings, Angela Robinson, David Simon, Emily Meade, Jane Fonda, Jill Soloway, Karyn Kusama, Rosanna Arquette, Rose McGowan, Stacy Rukeyser

Summary: Body Parts traces the evolution of "sex" on-screen from a woman’s perspective, uncovering the uncomfortable realities behind some of the most iconic scenes in cinema history and celebrating the bold creators leading the way for change.

Director: Kristy Guevara-Flanagan

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 86 min

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Richard Roeper

Feb 2, 2023

Even though many of the segments are brief, Guevara-Flanagan does a remarkably thorough job in covering such a wide range of areas. The only complaint one might have about Body Parts is it easily could have been twice as long. Read full review

IndieWire Jude Dry

Feb 2, 2023

Objects become subjects in Kristy Guevara-Flanagan’s sweeping yet focused analysis that exposes the truth about the power of images to shape the world’s views of women. Read full review

Lovia Gyarkye

Feb 2, 2023

While Body Parts is a smart film and a useful primer on big questions about filmic representations of sex and desire, one wishes its conclusions were more nuanced. Read full review

Lena Wilson

Feb 2, 2023

Body Parts has a lot to say about onscreen objectification, but it would benefit greatly if — like Quentin Tarantino’s camera on a young woman’s feet — it maintained its focus. Read full review

Noel Murray

Feb 3, 2023

The film works best when it gets into the nuts-and-bolts of the sex scenes themselves, past and present. Read full review

The Film Stage Christian Gallichio

Feb 2, 2023

Body Parts has too many ideas running through it to cohere around an effective thesis statement, framing the entire narrative as one of linear progress toward inclusion. It unravels in too many different directions, cramming in first-person testimony, historical overview, and social context into a too-short runtime. Read full review

Teo Bugbee

Feb 2, 2023

Ironically, the film mirrors the callow cinematic dynamics it critiques: It titillates, even as it scolds. Read full review

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