Leonie

Name: Leonie
Genre: Biography, Drama
Released: March 22, 2013
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 40
Cast: Christina Hendricks, Emily Mortimer, Jan Milligan, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Keiko Takeshita

2013

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Monterey Media | Release Date: March 22, 2013 | PG-13

Starring: Christina Hendricks, Emily Mortimer, Jan Milligan, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Keiko Takeshita, Kelly Vitz, Mieko Harada, Nichole Hiltz, Shido Nakamura, Takashi Kashiwabara

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.

Director: Hisako Matsui

Genre(s): Biography, Drama

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 102 min

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Rex Reed

Mar 19, 2013

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. Read full review

McClatchy-Tribune News Service Roger Moore

Mar 19, 2013

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. Read full review

John Anderson

Mar 26, 2013

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. Read full review

Alan Scherstuhl

Mar 19, 2013

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. Read full review

Barbara VanDenburgh

Apr 18, 2013

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. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Apr 11, 2013

As a portrait of female strength and a celebration of the artistic spirit, Leonie too seldom comes fully alive. Read full review

Rachel Saltz

Mar 21, 2013

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. Read full review

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