2015
Not Rated
Shellac Distribution
1 h 14 m

2015
Not Rated
Shellac Distribution
1 h 14 m

Summary L for Leisure is an impressionistic, episodic comedy about laziness, wandering and wasting time. Hanging out with teenagers when you’re thirty, smoking nutmeg to get high and eating pie until you fall asleep. Set to the rhythm of the school-year calendar, L for Leisure tracks the changes to the collected spirit of a group of graduate stu...

Comedy

Written By: Whitney Horn, Lev Kalman

2015
Not Rated
Shellac Distribution
1 h 14 m

2015
Not Rated
Shellac Distribution
1 h 14 m

L for Leisure

Name: L for Leisure
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2015-03-20
Duration: 1 min 14 s
Rating: 56
Cast: Gabriel Abrantes, Melissa Barrera, Bene Coopersmith, Benjamin Crotty, Carolyn Cutillo

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 4 Critic Reviews

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Written By: Whitney Horn, Lev Kalman

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Village Voice

May 13, 2015

What makes L for Leisure more than just a collection of clever, well-photographed jokes is the utter sincerity embedded within the constant sarcasm.

By Danny King FULL REVIEW

The A.V. Club

May 16, 2015

At certain point, whether all of this is purposefully awkward becomes almost irrelevant: The non sequitur vignettes are often hilarious either way, and the film gains an oddly agreeable rhythm.

By A.A. Dowd FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

May 14, 2015

It is possible to admire Mr. Kalman and Ms. Horn’s ambition and at the same time have no idea what they were trying to achieve.

By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW

The Dissolve

May 13, 2015

The majority of the cast are non-actors, and act it, judging by their stilted, wooden performances and robotic attempts at simple human interactions. This seems to be the point, since they’re playing non-characters, but such indifference in a film is only tolerable for so long.

By Andrew Lapin FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Special Affects Films

Release Date Mar 20, 2015

Duration 1 h 14 m

Rating Not Rated

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Comedy

Tagline Find out what happens when people stop being real... and start being polite.

L for Leisure

Top Cast

Gabriel Abrantes

Chip

Melissa Barrera

Kennedy

Bene Coopersmith

Joel L

Benjamin Crotty

Joel R

Carolyn Cutillo

Ramona

Mira de Jong

Girl on Crystal

Mati Diop

Stacey

Sarah Dziedzic

Wanda

Bro Estes

Blake

André Frechette III

Cal

Libby Gery

Andie

Trevor Haav

Kelley

Charley Halsey

Jake

Keenan Hartsten

Student

Trevor Hoff

Kelley

Engelbert Holder

Otto

Taylor Huntley

Sophie

Kalyane Levy

Kaly

Taylor Maloney-Warren

Krystal

Marianna McClellan

Sierra

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