[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”30449″ img_size=”900×500″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]The recently released film The Parts You Lose is available for rent and purchase online. In this review, we will talk about the movie that stars Aaron Paul, Scoot McNairy, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead and you can determine if you want to see it. As you can tell, there’s some big names here. Paul is mostly known for his role as Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad, McNairy is widely known for his role as Gordon Clark in Halt and Catch Fire, and you can find Winstead in the role of Huntress in the upcoming Birds of Prey movie.
The Plot
Set in rural North Dakota, the movie centers around Danny Murphy as Wesley. This ten-year-old is a young deaf child who finds himself befriending Paul’s character, who is a wanted fugitive. Wesley himself does not really have friends and attends a school for the deaf. While picked on at school, Wesley also experiences hardships at home. His mother, played by Winstead (as Gail) nurtures Wesley, but his father is completely opposite. While it seems like McNairy’s Ronnie wants to have a good relationship with his children, he refuses to adapt to his son’s needs. It’s never fully explained why Ronnie has such a problem with his son being deaf, but he is extremely resistant to communicating with Wesley in a way more comfortable for his son.
The Feel of the Film
The Parts You Lose does a good job of setting up the bleakness of the world all the characters live within. As a working-class family, the family gets by. But, no one is overtly happy in this movie. Every moment has an underlying tension building up that puts the viewer on edge. Especially whenever Ronnie is on screen, because we constantly worry that his frustration with his son may soon turn undeservingly violent.
Paul continues to show why he is more than just Jesse Pinkman. The scenes with him and Wesley were endearing albeit tension-filled as well. While the movie showed a chunk of angst that fills each scene and every character, there aren’t any peaks in the film. What I mean is that there is no huge climax. There’s nothing truly defining that happens. There’s some growth, but the movie is left wide open and we wonder what really has changed. And what really was the purpose of a story between a young boy and a fugitive?
Rating
Overall, the acting was good and I don’t want to say the story fell short, only that I had wished there had been more substance to it. For acting alone I would give this movie a four out of five, but as a whole, I’d rate The Parts You Lose a two out of five. You can find this movie on-demand as of October 4th (now)!
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