The United States of Leland R
Crime. Confusion. Compassion. They're all just states of mind.
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DVD-R Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 44 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: November 5, 2019
- Originally Released: 2003
- Label: Paramount Home Entertainment
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Don Cheadle, Ryan Gosling, Chris Klein, Jena Malone, Lena Olin, Kevin Spacey & Michelle Williams | |
| Performer: | Martin Donovan, Ann Magnuson, Sherilyn Fenn, Kerry Washington, Matt Malloy, Wesley Jonathan, Michael Peña, Michael Welch, Troy Winbush & Ron Canada | |
| Directed by | Matthew Ryan Hoge | |
| Edited by | Jeff Betancourt | |
| Screenwriting by | Matthew Ryan Hoge | |
| Director of Photography: | James Glennon |
Entertainment Reviews:
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81%
Rating: 1.5/4 --
It's neither an insightful nor well-made film.
Globe and Mail
Rating: C+ --
A sidetracking subplot about Madison's adulterous fling with a co-worker goes nowhere; it is one of several unsatisfying, tertiary plot strands.
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Houston Chronicle
Isn't it sad that a boy like this could feel so lost that he had to kill someone? Well, maybe. But isn't it sadder that someone's dead?
Newark Star-Ledger
Rating: B- --
"The United States Of Leland" deftly points out dilemmas in current American ideology that frequently escalate into tragedy.
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ColeSmithey.com
Rating: 3/5 --
Uneven drama that's too intense for kids.
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Common Sense Media
[Hoge] spends an awful lot of time trying to get us to understand Leland and almost none trying to get us to understand his victim.
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Chicago Reader
Rating: 3/5 --
Hoge seems to take delight in the fact that the film's conclusion is so frustratingly vague, whereas in fact it's both annoying and disappointing.
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Description by OLDIES.com:
After seemingly ordinary 15-year-old Leland (Ryan Gosling) stuns his quiet suburban community with a chilling crime, he is sent to juvenile hall where he meets Pearl (Don Cheadle), a teacher and aspiring writer who dreams of making Leland's compelling story into a book. As Pearl digs deeper into Leland's life and the people caught up in it -- his mother (Lena Olin), his famous writer-father (Kevin Spacey), and his troubled girlfriend (Jena Malone) -- he uncovers Leland's disturbing motive. The tables soon turn when the enigmatic teen forces Pearl to examine his own morally questionable behavior.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 109,028
- UPC: 032429277671
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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