Where God Left His Shoes
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  • Summary: Where God Left His Shoes is the story of Frank, Angela, and their two children. When they are evicted from their New York City apartment, they have no choice but to move into a homeless shelter. After a few difficult months, a glimmer of hope arrives on Christmas Eve: a nearby housing project has an apartment available immediately. The catch is that Frank needs a job in order to qualify. While the rest of the city prepares for Christmas, Frank and his ten-year-old stepson, Justin, roam the cold streets of the city trying to find a job by day's end so that they have a home on Christmas morning. (IFC Films)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    83
    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.
  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    70
    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.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Nick Pinkerton
    60
    Leguizamo, working at a scramble, gets more on-screen traction than in recent memory.
  4. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Gary Goldstein
    50
    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.

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