The Parts You Lose

audience Reviews

, 54% Audience Score
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    Mary Elizabeth Winstead was lost for much of the movie, and she was the lone bright spot
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    I do like the idea of this movie, and I look for movies that deal with deafness (I thoroughly loved "The Silence" mini series. But I was disappointed with the many lose connections in this movie that took away from the main theme: Deaf boy rescues wounded, bleeding criminal and learns to stand up to bullies, including his dad. Also, it's quite a stretch for me think this 10-year old kid could nurse and support this guy out in the barn without his parents knowing about it, and yet the police zero in on the fact that the kid is harboring the fugitive. And then there's the unknown relationship between the dad and the criminal, and the odd cell phone calls, and other things in the dialogue that added a lot of unnecessary "noise" to this film.
  • Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
    Action fans will despise "The Parts You Lose," because there is very little action. It's a deliberately paced character study that doesn't care to knock your socks off with gunfights and chase scenes. To further alienate the action-addicted, this is a very quiet movie, because it's mostly seen through the eyes of a 10 year old boy named Wesley (Danny Murphy) who is hearing impaired (Murphy himself is hearing impaired in reality). He lives in snowy rural North Dakota with his doting mom (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and his surly, sometimes abusive dad (Scoot McNairy). Wesley's mom talks to him in sign language, which irritates his dad, who sees the kid as more of a annoyance than anything else. On his way home from school, Wesley encounters a wounded man lying in the snow. He helps him into his family's barn, which is unused in the winter. The unnamed man (Aaron Paul) was injured in a robbery and is hiding from the cops. Wesley helps the man into the barn, steals some first aid stuff and food from his parents' house, and starts visiting the man every night while they're sleeping. The two slowly become friends. They play checkers. The man teaches Wesley how to deal with a bully at school, and he regales Wesley with stories of tigers and horses. The movie raises the obvious question: Why doesn't Wesley tell his parents? Well, perhaps Wesley feels like an outsider and relates to the man, who is an outsider, too. Or maybe Wesley is unhappy at home and at school, and the stranger is his escape from reality. It doesn't matter. There would be no movie otherwise. So I just accepted it. Although there are numerous short scenes outside the barn, the main setting is inside of it. The man is waiting for a friend to pick him up and help him escape. Meanwhile, a suspicious cop is snooping around. And I'll reveal no more. A simple story like this, character rather than plot driven, requires skilled actors, and that's where this film shines. Murphy is amazing, using facial expressions and body language as substitutes for words. Winstead is sympathetic as a caring mom who clearly married the wrong guy. And Paul is complex. He's a criminal, estranged from his wife and young daughter, but he seems to understand Wesley and becomes kind of a surrogate father to him in their few days together. There is a kind of betrayal in the end, and then there's a tragedy. Introspective viewers will have a lot to appreciate here. Others will become impatient. One critic suggested that this film says nothing. I thought it said a lot—very quietly.
  • Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
    A depressing and slightly demented version of ‘The Karate Kid' without the karate.
  • Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
    Nothing special actually a bit boring the kid did some good acting that's all
  • Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
    A young deaf kid finds a wanted fugitive hurt and helps him recover and a bond starts to form.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    I like Aaron Paul. He generally makes good choices about the projects with which he participates. This was a sad story, but it was told in an interesting manner.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    Awesome! Great acting, great photography, great story. Way underrated especially on IMDB.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    Aaron Paul at his best ROLES! not to miss Why i beleive it is better than EL CAMINO Must watch
  • Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars
    Acting of Aron Paul and Scoot was awesome in the whole movie. But they really wasted the talents of several notable actors in the process. It is pure drama and do not have higher expectation. Movie moves dead slow from starting to ending. Ending is predictable one on first ten seconds of movie. This looks like TV movie and easily forgettable plot. Which means none of us would like to re-watch the movie. The acting only deserved the stars. But wasted potential of actors.