"Movie #3020 "To Leslie" (Amazon Prime) This is it! The Last best actor/actress nominee for 2023 --- this is a bit of a controversial one because it was the one actress that seemed to slide in because several high- powered women in Hollywood pushed for her nomination --- the result? Well, to me, it was watching the actress play a drug-addicted alcoholic for the first hour -- and it was a hard watch. She really never came out of it --- she plays a lottery winner in a small town who goes through all the winnings on drugs and alcohol, and had left the town (and her son behind to be raised by someone one else), and now she returns to try to make amends, but only having hit the lowest of low times, with no food and sleeping in the street for days...... until someone gives her a break and gives her a job that she finds hard to do (cleaning motel rooms) because she is always high. Unfortunately, I have seen movies on this subject before, some even better..... but the last 50 minutes are the redeeming part of the film (kind of her move to redemption is juxtaposed with the film's redemption, in my eyes) . This is where the actress shines and is probably the reason she got nominated. I give the film 3.5 -- and not watchable to everyone.
"TO LESLIE" 2022 R 1 hour, 59 mins
Inspired by true events, A West Texas single mother wins the lottery and squanders it just as fast, leaving behind a world of heartbreak. Years later, with her charm running out and nowhere to go, she fights to rebuild her life and find redemption.
Director: Michael Moris
Writer: Ryan Binaco
Actors: Andrea Riseborough, Drew Youngblood, Tom Virtue
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