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United States of Leland

United States of Leland

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Key Information
Directors: Matthew Ryan Hoge
Stars: Don Cheadle
Actors: Michelle Williams
Genre: Dramas
Subgenre: Family Interaction · Family Crises · Drama
MPAA Rating: R (MPAA)
Available Formats: DVD: Checkpoint
UPC: 097363427124
Release Date: 2004
Running Time: 1hr 44min
Languages
Original Language: English
DVD Editions
: Format: DVD, 1hr 44min
Release Company: Paramount Home Entertainment (September 07, 2004)
UPC: 097363427148
VHS Editions
: Format: VHS, 1hr 44min
Release Company: Paramount Home Entertainment (September 07, 2004)
UPC: 097363427131
Credits
Screenwriter: Matthew Ryan Hoge
Professional Reviews
: (04/02/2004, p.C6, Kevin Thomas): "[A]n ambitious and intelligent film."
More Information
Details: Don Cheadle, playing juvenile detention teacher Pearl Madison, is the powerful center around which a complex cast of characters revolves in the riveting drama THE UNITED STATES OF LELAND. A 16-year-old boy, Leland (Ryan Gosling), commits a murder, yet seems to have a normal sense of ethics and justice. He confesses his wrongdoing to his mother who turns him in to the police. What follows is a series of close-up character studies on all of the people impacted by Leland's actions. His mother (Lena Olin) is plagued with guilt, his father (Kevin Spacey)--a novelist who writes about violence in America--is complacent. Meanwhile, the family of Leland's victim is ripped apart at the seams, and his already troubled girlfriend (Jena Malone) drifts even farther astray. Director Matthew Ryan Hoge leads a brilliant cast through a cycle of moral questioning in which the characters try to understand Leland's motivations and how they will each cope with the irreversible circumstances of what he has done. A richly allur...
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