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  • 2013
  • TV-MA
  • Variance Films
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2013
  • TV-MA
  • Variance Films
  • 1 h 24 m

Summary With arresting insight, vulnerability, and a delightful sense of humor, Terence Nance’s explosively creative debut feature, An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty, documents the relationship between Terence and a lovely young woman (Namik Minter) as it teeters on the divide between platonic and romantic. Utilizing a tapestry of live action ...

Directed By: Terence Nance

Written By: Terence Nance

  • 2013
  • TV-MA
  • Variance Films
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2013
  • TV-MA
  • Variance Films
  • 1 h 24 m

An Oversimplification of Her Beauty

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Summary With arresting insight, vulnerability, and a delightful sense of humor, Terence Nance’s explosively creative debut feature, An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty, documents the relationship between Terence and a lovely young woman (Namik Minter) as it teeters on the divide between platonic and romantic. Utilizing a tapestry of live action ...

Directed By: Terence Nance

Written By: Terence Nance

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
74
73% Positive
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27% Mixed
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100
Apr 25, 2013
Mr. Nance turns his thought into a performance of vulnerability that’s all too relatable in its indulgences. It has heart without becoming cloying.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
88
Apr 1, 2013
A playfully self-reflective rumination on what writer-director Terence Nance has described as "self-awareness through experience with love."
By Elise Nakhnikian FULL REVIEW
83
Apr 24, 2013
Terence Nance’s playfully experimental feature An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty is both stunning and stymieing — a film so effusive that it’s hard to separate its signal from its noise.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 1, 2013
As the work of one young man bursting with inspiration, the film is a giddy thing to absorb, allowing complete strangers to witness someone performing open-heart surgery on himself.
By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW
63
Jun 27, 2013
The film is complex and bold, sometimes even exhilarating. It can also be frustratingly esoteric.
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60
Apr 25, 2013
As a wry, knowing narrator guides us in and out of their symphonic affair, there’s no doubt the trip is worth it.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 3, 2014
A frustratingly ungraspable movie collage compiled with real visual flair.
By Patrick Peters FULL REVIEW

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Production Company MVMT, Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, Sundance Institute, Cinereach Feature Film Fellowship, Independent Filmmaker Labs, Cinema Stereo
Release Date Apr 26, 2013
Duration 1 h 24 m
Rating TV-MA
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Awards

Gotham Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Black Reel Awards
• 1 Nomination
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 1 Nomination

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