A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story

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A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story

PG-13

2015

1h 18m

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Lizzie Velasquez, who suffers from a rare medical condition that renders her unable to gain weight, becomes a motivational speaker and anti-bullying lobbyist.

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Katie Walsh

Los Angeles Times

09/27/2015

With simple storytelling, the film allows its star, Velasquez, to shine, and with her endless reserves of positive energy, eloquent speaking and willingness to be vulnerable, it's no wonder millions of people have already found her inspirational.

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Kimber Myers

The Playlist

09/25/2015

B

"A Beautiful Heart" isn't ambitious in its style or structure, but it is entirely effective at communicating its encouraging message to the audience.

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Christy Lemire

RogerEbert.com

09/25/2015

3/4

Her story would be inspiring in and of itself, but Velasquez is such an effervescent, charismatic subject, she can't help but win your affection as well as your respect.

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

01/15/2021

What an inspiring woman. What a beautiful woman.

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Drew McWeeny

HitFix

09/28/2015

A

... it's a very direct film, a lovely portrait of family and strength and just how far one voice can carry, especially when amplified in the right ways.

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Matt Shiverdecker

Austin American-Statesman

09/24/2015

B+

A Brave Heart is a powerful portrait of one of the most determined and authentic people you'll ever encounter.

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12/10/2020

A Brave Heart The Lizzie Velasquez Story (2015) A film that helps you understand disabilities, bullying and sympathies with being defined as different. I felt like the film could have ended a little sooner. I did not feel like it accomplished anything by showing Lizzie still trying to get a bill for anti bullying to be accomplished it is still had not passed. I felt like the things in the rest of the film told more than that last bit towards the end of the documentary. I did think the ending was a bit weak ending because it was presenting an incomplete story.

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02/02/2020

I can describe with one word how I felt after watching this real-life woman and her real-life story: WOW!!!

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03/12/2018

Lizzie’s positivity is amazing. I don’t think I could be as strong as she is.

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01/31/2017

This movie is decent enough. I do feel bad for her situation, but seeing how she took control of her life will inspire pretty much everyone to want to live their lives with similar purpose. Bullying is a tough topic to handle, but perhaps we can crack the code on that someday. Worth watching, but not always easy to watch.

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10/15/2016

Lizzie is an amazing young woman. She inspires everyone who ever had a doubt about themselves. We need more people like Lizzie Velasquez in this world.

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04/30/2016

A really inspiring and important film, I think this should actually be required viewing in schools. Lizzie is an amazing person that did not back down from the bullying she received as a result of her very rare disease, she was dubbed "The World's Ugliest Woman" in a Youtube video that went viral, but instead used it as a platform to make a difference in the world and highlight and inform on the negative impact of bullying. An amazing person, and a very though provoking and rewarding documentary. Highly recommended!

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Synopsis

Lizzie Velasquez, who suffers from a rare medical condition that renders her unable to gain weight, becomes a motivational speaker and anti-bullying lobbyist.

Director: Sara Hirsh Bordo
Producer: Sara Hirsh Bordo
Screenwriter: Michael Campo
Distributor: Cinedigm
Production Co: Women Rising
Rating: PG-13 (Brief Strong Language|Thematic Elements|Bullying)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 25, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 22, 2016
Runtime: 1h 18m

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