Small, Beautifully Moving Parts

Name: Small, Beautifully Moving Parts
Genre: Comedy
Released: May 11, 2012
Duration: 73 min
Rating: 48

2012

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Long Shot Factory | Release Date: May 11, 2012 | Not Rated

Summary: When technophile Sarah Sparks becomes pregnant, her uncertainties about motherhood trigger an impulsive road trip to the source of her anxiety: her long-estranged mother living far away and off-the-grid. Annie J. Howell and Lisa Robinson co-direct this comic coming-of-parenthood tale for the internet age. (Long Shot Factory)

Director: Annie Howell and Lisa Robinson

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 73 min

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Roger Ebert

May 30, 2012

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. Read full review

Ian Buckwalter

May 11, 2012

As obvious and expected as this turn of events is, the filmmakers and Hollyman create such an endearing character in Sarah that one still wants to see her get there. Read full review

David Edelstein

May 8, 2012

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. Read full review

Mark Feeney

Jun 21, 2012

A bland, insistently amiable comedy that doubles as road movie. Read full review

Alison Willmore

May 8, 2012

Oddly enough, the film's best pro-tech argument is its look; shot on a consumer-grade digital camera, it's a testament to how elegantly framed low-budget projects can look these days. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

May 10, 2012

The best thing about Small, Beautifully Moving Parts is its admission that a positive pregnancy test is not always cause for giddy celebration; the worst thing is that, even at a lean 73 minutes, this flimsy road movie feels at least 43 minutes too long. Read full review

Andrew Schenker

May 8, 2012

Gentler and less aesthetically assaultive than offerings like 0s & 1s and Catfish, but it's not necessarily any subtler or more enlightening. Read full review

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