Release Date : Apr 26, 2013 Limited
Genre Movie :Animation,Comedy,Special Interest
Actors :Terence Nance,Namik Minter,Chanelle Pearson,Dexter Jones,Talibah Lateefah Newman,Alisa Becher,J.C. Cain,Shante Cozier,Reg E. Cathey,Ruby AmanzeMpaa Rating : Unrated
Plot Story : Executive producers Jay-Z, Dream Hampton, and Wyatt Cenac present Terence Nance's explosively creative debut feature, AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION OF HER BEAUTY. With arresting insight, vulnerability, and a delightful sense of humor, the film documents the relationship between Terence (Nance) and a lovely young woman (Namik Minter) as it teeters on the divide between platonic and romantic. Utilizing a tapestry of live action and multiple styles of animation, the film blurs the line between narrative, documentary, and experimental film as it explores the fantasies, emotions, and memories that race through Terence's mind as he examines and re-examines a singular moment in time. (c) Variance
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TagLine An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty The most beautiful love story ever told.Visitor Ranting and Critics For An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty
Critics Ranting For An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty : 7.4Critics Percentage For An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty : 80 %
User Ranting Movie An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty : 3.2
User Count Like for An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty : 355
Review For Movie An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty
Bold and varied animation sequences lift this into the stratosphere before it falls back into Nance's obsessively layered narrative; the resulting film is both beautiful and disorienting (just like love).J. R. Jones-Chicago Reader
While the movie doesn't paint a clear sense of Nance's emotional side, one thing is certain: He is an artist with creativity to spare. This effort may not have been wholly successful, but it's a promising start to what could be a thrilling career.
Stephanie Merry-Washington Post
It is an emotionally exhausting but ultimately rewarding kaleidoscope of video, animation, words and music - and feelings on top of feelings on top of feelings.
Andrew Matson-Seattle Times
The excess and earnestness suit the subject - the ephemeral and all-consuming nature of romantic love.
Peter Keough-Boston Globe
What saves the film-and grandly-is Nance's wildly ambitious visual imagination.
Ernest Hardy-Village Voice
A dense, organic, dazzling and funny tapestry, making use of varied and subtly colored animation and stop-motion; candid video; playfully verbose direct address; chapters and footnotes and doodles; and suavely chosen music and sonic bridges.
Nicolas Rapold-New York Times
An artistic but unpretentious examination of young love, with all its uncertainties and mini-tragedies.
Eric D. Snider-About.com
A multimedia hybrid of narrative and documentary that employs experimental techniques, Oversimplification has the feel of a journal or sketchbook.
Violet Lucca-Film Comment Magazine
Chock-a-block with creativity and cleverness, but ultimately too much of muchness.
David Noh-Film Journal International
Ghetto psychobabble strictly for the attention-deficit, Jay-Z demographic.
Kam Williams-AALBC.com
Incredibly heartfelt and sincere and urgent... It is the film that it is because it is sloppy and rough.
Tim Brayton-Antagony & Ecstasy
On the one hand, its multiple postmodernist levels and medium shifts make it one of the most original movies of the year. On the other, its relative lack of substance...is frustrating and causes the film to run out of juice about halfway through.
Luke Y. Thompson-Nerdist
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty is a serious but never somber offering from a member of the Brooklyn boheme 2.0 generation.
Elise Nakhnikian-Slant Magazine
I doubt I'll see a more visually inventive film at this fest-or this year, that matter-but I do wish that Oversimplification were easier to connect to.
Noel Murray-AV Club
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