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  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 36 m
Where God Left His Shoes

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 c...

  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 36 m

Where God Left His Shoes

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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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 c...

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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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.
By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW
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.
By David Edelstein FULL REVIEW
70
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.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
60
Leguizamo, working at a scramble, gets more on-screen traction than in recent memory.
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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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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.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Vulcan Productions
Release Date Dec 12, 2008
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline Hope is the Greatest Gift of All
Website http://www.wheregodlefthisshoes.com/
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Awards

Imagen Foundation Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Humanitas Prize
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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