The United States of Leland (2005)

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Matthew Ryan Hoge

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Don Cheadle
Pearl Madison

Ryan Gosling
Leland P. Fitzgerald

Chris Klein
Allen Harris

Jena Malone
Becky Pollard

Lena Olin
Marybeth Fitzgerald

Kevin Spacey
Albert T. Fitzgerald

Michelle Williams
Julie Pollard

Martin Donovan
Harry Pollard

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15 years, 7 months ago at Oct 16 1:57

Isis

Most people that watch this movie don't see anything fantastic about it. Most people would say "okay, it was a good movie, but I wouldn't watch it again" or "I have no idea of what happened in this movie because I fell asleep in it".
Honestly, most people are completely mistaken.
This is not only a movie - it's a piece of art. It's the kind of movie that you watch and it will haunt ... read more

An acquired taste

13 years, 2 months ago at Feb 26 17:41

johanlefourbe

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this movie but since there was a really nice cast involved, I was quite eager to check it out. Eventually, I have to admit that I had some rather mixed feelings about the damned thing. Indeed, on one hand, it was really far from being flawless (in fact, Roger Ebert really didn’t like it at all for example). First of all, there were just too many chara... read more

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11 years, 3 months ago at Feb 2 13:29

sudharshan reddy

want to watch the movie i cenemaas.the sixteen year old troubled and pessimist Leland P. Fitzgerald (Ryan Gosling) is sent to a juvenile detention. His teacher and aspirant writer Pearl Madison

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After stabbing an autistic boy, the sixteen year old troubled and pessimist Leland P. Fitzgerald (Ryan Gosling) is sent to a juvenile detention. His teacher and aspirant writer Pearl Madison (Don Cheadle) gets close and tries to understand him, first with intention of writing a book, and later becoming his friend. Leland slowly discloses his sad vision of world.

Release date: 25 March 2005
UPC: 097363427148

Tags: Drama (19), 2000s (12), Crime (11), Indie (7), Thriller (6), Depression (6), Philosophy (5), Suspense (5), 2003 (5), Sad (5), Teenage (5), (5), Death (5), Teenagers (4), Mental Health (4), Wisdom (4), Teen (3), Kiddo (3), Teens (3), Usa (3)

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"Leland. Pearl Madison: "I'm only human, man." Leland Fitzgerald: "It's funny how people only say that after they do something bad. I mean, you never hear someone say, "I'm only human" after they rescue a kid from a burning building." Becky: "I don't want to hurt you." Leland Fitzgerald: "Then don't.""