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  • 2016
  • Unrated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2016
  • Unrated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary In rural Maine, a bright and magnetic 20-year-old woman named Michelle Smith lives with her mother. Legally blind and on the autism spectrum, Michelle defies labels as she chases big dreams with humor and bold curiosity. Searching for community, Michelle explores an uncensored world online and experiences a provocative sexual awakening. ...

Directed By: Garrett Zevgetis

  • 2016
  • Unrated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2016
  • Unrated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 30 m

Best and Most Beautiful Things

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary In rural Maine, a bright and magnetic 20-year-old woman named Michelle Smith lives with her mother. Legally blind and on the autism spectrum, Michelle defies labels as she chases big dreams with humor and bold curiosity. Searching for community, Michelle explores an uncensored world online and experiences a provocative sexual awakening. ...

Directed By: Garrett Zevgetis

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
56
38% Positive
3 Reviews
38% Mixed
3 Reviews
25% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
56
38% Positive
3 Reviews
38% Mixed
3 Reviews
25% Negative
2 Reviews

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90
Dec 1, 2016
Ms. Smith does not fit easily into any box, and neither does this thought-provoking film.
By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW
75
Dec 1, 2016
The film’s overall effect lets the person — not the condition — be the real story, one that’s worth sharing.
By Kevin P. Sullivan FULL REVIEW
70
Nov 30, 2016
It would have served the film well if more time and focus was devoted to Michelle's life today and how she's managing.
By Ariel Scotti FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 8, 2016
Smith is certainly a worthy advocate for the mainstreaming and acceptance of “outcasts” or “others.” Unfortunately, Zevgetis doesn’t dig deeply enough here.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 2, 2016
Proves alternately inspiring and depressing even while skirting uncomfortably close to voyeurism.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
38
Dec 2, 2016
With a documentary as flabby but well-meaning as Best and Most Beautiful Things, you have to savor the small stuff.
By Nick Allen FULL REVIEW
38
Nov 27, 2016
It believes that the avenue to proving humanity is through banalizing gestures of quotidian significance.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Beacon Street Films, Carriage House Pictures, Only Bright Productions, VFR Films
Release Date Dec 2, 2016
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating Unrated
Genres
Tagline Not your average outcast
Website http://www.bestandmostbeautifulthings.com/
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Awards

Independent Film Festival of Boston
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Florida Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Tulsa American Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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