Foreign Parts
"DIA" Productions GmbH & Co. KG | Release Date: March 10, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
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Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
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3
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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90
The New York TimesA.O. ScottMar 10, 2011
People talk but don't say too much, and as curious and thorough as Ms. Paravel and Mr. Sniadecki are - Foreign Parts is the result of many months of patient filming - they are too polite to pry. But their tact adds to the richness of their film, which discovers a busy, complicated world within the space of few unlovely city blocks. Read full review
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Time OutKeith UhlichMar 8, 2011
New Yorkers and those who've been following the neighborhood's plight know exactly how this ends; at the very least, Paravel and Sniadecki have preserved the memory of what was. Sometimes, that's the most you can do. Read full review
70
Village VoiceNick SchagerMar 8, 2011
Foreign Parts engages in sociological inquiry without narration or contextual handholding, utilizing incisive, striking aesthetics (a panorama of hanging side mirrors, worn shoes trudging through grimy puddles) to elicit potent subcultural immersion. Read full review
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Boxoffice MagazineRichard MoweMar 10, 2011
The reinvention of this neighborhood may be in the cause of progress for New York's urban landscape, but sometimes you can't help feeling that the planners and the bureaucrats should leave well-enough alone. Read full review
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