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Movie Info

Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

English
Director:

Katrine Philp

Cast & Crew

Unknown Actor

Katrine Philp
Director

Critic Reviews for Beautiful Something Left Behind

All Critics (18) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (1)

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

January 12, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
There are moments of terrible sadness in the film, of course, but also some uplift; if only the experience had more form to it.

January 11, 2021 | Full Review…

Michael Ordoña
Los Angeles Times
It has a knack for finding metaphors and symbols in everyday activities and images, and it presents these in a manner that suggests there's a world beyond the one that we can process with our brains and our senses.

January 8, 2021 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…

Matt Zoller Seitz
RogerEbert.com
Katrine Philp's documentary boldly argues for a clear-eyed frankness in talking to bereaved children about loss.

January 7, 2021 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Dan Rubins
Slant Magazine
"Beautiful Something Left Behind" is a simple, elegant documentary about children coping with... heartbreaking loss, at a facility designed especially for them.

January 7, 2021 | Full Review…

Glenn Kenny
New York Times
The film exudes empathy, as you'd expect, but struggles to find a compelling point of view.

April 5, 2020 | Full Review…

John DeFore
Hollywood Reporter
By cutting through philosophy or psychology and simply viewing it with a childlike purity, perhaps we come closer to understanding and accepting death.

January 28, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

Jeffrey M. Anderson
San Francisco Examiner
Probing a very different kind of fraught child/parent dynamic...

January 8, 2021 | Full Review…

Dennis Harvey
48 Hills
Without turning maudlin, the film employs an observational approach, finding a delicate balance of humor and humanity.

January 8, 2021 | Full Review…

Todd Jorgenson
Cinemalogue
Philp directs with a light touch, letting her young subjects lead the way. For them, life is full of unknowns and death is just one more. They have a good deal of living to get on with.

December 30, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Jennie Kermode
Eye for Film
There are no manufactured moments of intense grief, just the day-to-day activities of parents, caregivers, and children doing their best to move on from the trauma they've experienced.

July 7, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Audrey Fox
JumpCut Online
Equal parts sobering and a tonic, it comes with a warm recommendation.

June 25, 2020 | Rating: 4/10 | Full Review…

Caitlin Kennedy
Nightmarish Conjurings