Where God Left His Shoes
IFC Films | Release Date: December 12, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Writer-director Salvatore Stabile has a good eye for the details of hard-luck ordinariness, and he sketches believable family bonds with a minimum of flourish. Read full review
70
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Piles the pathos high as if to see how many hard-luck cliches its pugilist hero can fend off without succumbing to schmaltz. Given John Leguizamo's knockout perf, sentimentality never dares raise its head, and the improbably stacked deck from which his character is dealt gives the pic's would-be "neo-realist" premise a peculiar edge. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
The acting, the on-the-fly atmosphere (the film was shot quickly), and Leguizamo's increasingly urgent hustle are deeply evocative, but parts of the movie are almost too painful to endure. Read full review
60
Village VoiceNick Pinkerton
Leguizamo, working at a scramble, gets more on-screen traction than in recent memory. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Although Mr. Leguizamo wisely underplays a role that is just short of saintly, the character is still a filmmaker's bogus, bleeding-heart contrivance in a movie that is much less truthful than it pretends to be. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesGary Goldstein
Stabile keeps his affecting story hurtling forward with such grit and integrity it's easy to forgive its loaded setup and occasional lapses in detail and logic. Read full review
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