I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
View MoreExcellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.
View MoreThrough painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
View MoreThe acting in this movie is really good.
"The death of my seven-year-old brother when I was nine remains a painful and haunting memory. My parents did not know how to cope with the loss of their child and the entire family experienced indescribable pain." (Jay Rosenblatt) I had read about Rosenblatt's short films, but the recent Museum of Modern Art screening of his newest work was my first chance to see one. Rosenblatt works by re-assembling found footage - old educational and corporate training movies, mostly - into poetic collages. For Phantom Limb, he weaves in his own family's amateur movies to create a very personal rumination on the childhood loss of his younger brother. There are parts of this picture that, were I to describe them, would sound very tough to watch, and others that might seem dull. Yet I was in awe for every one of the 28 minutes, and the MoMA crowd was spellbound.
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