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Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerMs. Smith does not fit easily into any box, and neither does this thought-provoking film.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyKevin P. SullivanEntertainment WeeklyKevin P. SullivanThe film’s overall effect lets the person — not the condition — be the real story, one that’s worth sharing.
- 70New York Daily NewsAriel ScottiNew York Daily NewsAriel ScottiIt would have served the film well if more time and focus was devoted to Michelle's life today and how she's managing.
- 60Village VoiceDaphne HowlandVillage VoiceDaphne HowlandThe doc is gorgeously filmed, well edited, and works in close-up, but the result is more voyeuristic than revealing, except to show that desolation is among those things that cannot be seen or touched.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckProves alternately inspiring and depressing even while skirting uncomfortably close to voyeurism.
- 50Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinSmith is certainly a worthy advocate for the mainstreaming and acceptance of “outcasts” or “others.” Unfortunately, Zevgetis doesn’t dig deeply enough here.
- 38Slant MagazineClayton DillardSlant MagazineClayton DillardIt believes that the avenue to proving humanity is through banalizing gestures of quotidian significance.
- 38RogerEbert.comNick AllenRogerEbert.comNick AllenWith a documentary as flabby but well-meaning as Best and Most Beautiful Things, you have to savor the small stuff.