Award-winning documentary exploring Good Grief, a community that helps children process grief after losing someone close to them.
In New Jersey,...
Award-winning documentary exploring Good Grief, a community that helps children process grief after losing someone close to them.
In New Jersey, the Good Grief community focuses on a holistic way of dealing with grief, where children can give in to rage in ‘the volcano room,' and say goodbye to a dying teddy bear patient in ‘the hospital room.' Over the course of a year, we follow the weekly meetings and get close to Kimmy, Nicky, Peter, Nora, Nolan, and Mikayla and their close companion: grief. It is sometimes heartbreaking, but also humorous, to experience the questions about life and death through their open and curious minds. Grief is high and heavy as a mountain, but it helps you understand what has happened, and that death is irreversible.
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94 %18 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
"The film exudes empathy, as you'd expect, but struggles to find a compelling point of view."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"A simple, elegant documentary..."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Boldly argues for a clear-eyed frankness in talking to bereaved children about loss."
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Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine"It has a knack for finding metaphors and symbols in everyday activities and images..."
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RogerEbert.com
RogerEbert.com"There are moments of terrible sadness in the film, of course, but also some uplift; if only the experience had more form to it."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesBeautiful Something Left Behind | Details
Award winner- Grand Jury Award, SXSW 2020
- Runtime
- 87
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country of origin
- Denmark
