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The Garden Left Behind

2019

Michael Madsen, Ed Asner, Carlie Guevara, Danny Flaherty ...

Drama The Garden Left Behind traces the relationship between Tina, a young transwoman, and Eliana, her grandmother, as they navigate Tina's transition and struggle to build a life for themselves as undocumented immigrants in New York City.

	Author	Review
United States	Caryn James The Hollywood Reporter	"Eloquent and affecting, despite its flaws (...) The movie is powerful and intimate as long as it shares Tina’s point of view, which is much of the time"	POS
United Kingdom	Allan Hunter Screendaily	"The film is admirably unsentimental, sympathetically observed and warmly played "	POS
United States	Monica Castillo rogerebert.com	"It accomplishes much of what it sets out to do, but in some respects, falls short of its ambitions (...) The Garden Left Behind works best as a message movie (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Asher Luberto The Playlist	"Alves and Guevara may be making a quiet film about the mistreatment of trans people in America, but their voices are loud and demand to be heard"	POS
Canada	Andrew Parker The Gate	"An effective, memorable, and heartfelt plea for empathy and equality and a testament to the strong people like Tina who continue to live in the struggle."	POS
United States	Jared Mobarak The Film Stage	"A potent expression of humanity’s collective dysphoria"	POS

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