Laurence Anyways

Name: Laurence Anyways
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: June 28, 2013
Duration: 168 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Catherine B, Emmanuel Schwartz, Magalie Lépine Blondeau, Melvil Poupaud, Monia Chokri

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Breaking Glass Pictures | Release Date: June 28, 2013 | Not Rated

Starring: Catherine B, Emmanuel Schwartz, Magalie Lépine Blondeau, Melvil Poupaud, Monia Chokri, Nathalie Baye, Sophie Faucher, Susan Almgren, Suzanne Cl, Yves Jacques

Summary: A look at the 10-year relationship of a male-to-female transsexual with a straight woman.

Director: Xavier Dolan

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 168 min

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Chuck Bowen

Jun 20, 2013

It takes cojones for a filmmaker to chase Fassbinder's ghost, but it takes heart and talent to damn near catch up with it. Read full review

Tomas Hachard

Jun 27, 2013

Laurence Anyways flows naturally, both thematically and stylistically, from Dolan's previous movies; here, though, he succeeds more than ever at incorporating his visual idiosyncrasies into the narrative. In "I Killed My Mother" and even more so in "Heartbeats," the director's long slow-motion sequences and overbearing, eclectic soundtracks could feel like crutches, overused particularly during characters' moments of vulnerability. Read full review

Bill Goodykoontz

Jul 18, 2013

Laurence Anyways is like a big, ornate, overstuffed pillow of a movie. It’s attractive and comfortable, even if there’s just too much of it. Read full review

The Playlist Kevin Jagernauth

Apr 15, 2013

Unwieldy and unkempt but both moving and dizzying to experience, Laurence Anyways is Dolan's grandest statement yet. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Olivia Collette

Jun 21, 2013

A gifted writer, Dolan likes to give his characters poignant mouthfuls, and you can tell the actors revel in his language. Read full review

Staff [Not Credited]

Jul 3, 2013

At nearly three hours, it's by turns an extraordinary and exhausting work. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Apr 15, 2013

It goes on for ever without getting properly started: an epic of depthless self-indulgence. Read full review

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usherd369

Mar 31, 2014

The story reveals it to be an epic romantic in its run time, and the performances are ballsy as well as being very vulnerable, ending in the only way it possibly could. A very emotionally fulfilling film.

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lasttimeisaw

Jun 10, 2014

It is Canadian prodigy Xavier Dolan’s third feature, after I KILLED MY MOTHER (2009, 7/10) and HEARTBEATS (2010, 5/10), the first one he doesn’t hog a leading role for himself. LAURENCE ANYWAYS chronicles a 10 year up-and-down relationship between Laurence Alia (Poupaud), a man with GIDIt is Canadian prodigy Xavier Dolan’s third feature, after I KILLED MY MOTHER (2009, 7/10) and HEARTBEATS (2010, 5/10), the first one he doesn’t hog a leading role for himself. LAURENCE ANYWAYS chronicles a 10 year up-and-down relationship between Laurence Alia (Poupaud), a man with GID (Gender Identity Disorder) and determines to dress up like a woman, and his girlfriend Fred Belair (Clément) from 1989 to the looming millennium.
continue reading my review on my blog, google cinema omnivore.… Expand

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clem666

Oct 23, 2020

I obviously needed to watch this movie several times before writing this review. After the first look, I thought it was a draft, like a brainstorm, about being a transgender person. But eventually the movie construct itself all around this subject and approaches it in various ways. We see aI obviously needed to watch this movie several times before writing this review. After the first look, I thought it was a draft, like a brainstorm, about being a transgender person. But eventually the movie construct itself all around this subject and approaches it in various ways. We see a lot of charcaters evolve through this, each in his own way and relation with the main character. We also follow the changes of the couple of the two main personas, who are constantly led by a deep love. This movie erects itself as a a critical view of own society, and even if it appears to take place in the 90', we see a lot of behaviors that betray the current thinking of some people. And it's all about accepting or not the way others choose to live life their own way, as different as they could be.
This movie is both intellectual and emotionnal, touching and violent, confronting and despairing. In 2h48 we go through a huge palette of emotions and situations. Music, ambiance, stagings and colors are simply amazing all along.
Fresh and heavy, a poetic and sharp movie to watch for everyone who is interested in the quest of truly finding oneself.… Expand

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