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- 2013
- PG-13
- Monterey Media
- 1 h 42 m
- 2013
- PG-13
- Monterey Media
- 1 h 42 m
Summary A film about the remarkable life and relationships of Leonie Gilmour, editor and lover of Japanese poet Yone Noguchi and mother of the acclaimed artist and architect Isamu Noguchi.
Directed By: Hisako Matsui
Written By: Masayo Duus, David Wiener, Hisako Matsui
- 2013
- PG-13
- Monterey Media
- 1 h 42 m
- 2013
- PG-13
- Monterey Media
- 1 h 42 m
Leonie
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Summary A film about the remarkable life and relationships of Leonie Gilmour, editor and lover of Japanese poet Yone Noguchi and mother of the acclaimed artist and architect Isamu Noguchi.
Directed By: Hisako Matsui
Written By: Masayo Duus, David Wiener, Hisako Matsui
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Metascore
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Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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25% Positive
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13% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
40
25% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
63% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
13% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Leonie is a rich tapestry of cross-cultural revelations, released to the public at last, and a welcome addition to an otherwise dreary movie season.
No matter how great her ambitions, no matter how little she was able to accomplish, thanks to the strictures of her time, here was a woman history remembers simply through the force of her personality and the simple courage it took to be ahead of her time.
Played with a strong spine and a resolute lack of charm by Emily Mortimer, Gilmour is a perfect vehicle for Matsui’s agenda, which is clearly a feminist/revisionist celebration of the life of a major artist.
It’s a juicy story squandered by the poor telling. It’s got all the trappings of a good ol’-fashioned Merchant Ivory pic — lush locales, exotic period trappings — but none of the soul.
As a portrait of female strength and a celebration of the artistic spirit, Leonie too seldom comes fully alive.
Well-shot and sometimes briefly affecting, especially when Mortimer is given a scene that lasts longer then thirty seconds, the film moves too quickly for its many incidents to have much impact, and what limited power it builds is dissipated by mortifying narration.
Leonie Gilmour was almost certainly unusual and unusually self-reliant. Too bad that the film that bears her name ultimately reduces her to the mother of her child.
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Production Company
Essen Communications,
Hyde Park Films,
Leonie Production Company
Release Date Mar 22, 2013
Duration 1 h 42 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline A mother's courage and a clash of cultures inspire the artist that transcends both
Website
http://leoniemovie.com/
