Leslie, My Name Is Evil

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Leslie, My Name Is Evil

R

2009

1h 25m

Comedy

Crime

Drama

Fantasy

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Leslie assists Manson commit horrific murders to prove herself. Perry falls in love with Leslie while serving as a juror at her murder trial.

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Rick Groen

Globe and Mail

Essentially a cinematic essay that occasionally seems smart and sometimes just smart-alecky. What it never seems is emotionally engaging.

Rated: 2/5

May 21, 2010

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

Harkema's real problem is that he doesn't know which story he wants to tell, apart from taking potshots at governments, religions and ideologies he opposes.

Rated: 1.5/4

May 20, 2010

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg

That Shelf

Complemented by solid performances by the rest of the cast, Harkema creates a campy yet believable society.

May 18, 2018

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Monika Bartyzel

Collider

Leslie, My Name is Evil is Reginald Harkema's next step in socially conscious filmmaking.

Apr 10, 2018

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Liz Braun

Jam! Movies

The performances are suitably bizarre. What it all means is something you can go away and argue about afterward.

Rated: 3/5

May 21, 2010

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Jason Anderson

eye WEEKLY

Rated: 4/5

Sep 18, 2009

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steve d

Unfocused and completely incompetent. The film feels sometimes like it wants to be a comedy and ends up just being offensive.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Manson, My Name is Evil offers a subject whose perspective is worth being brought to the spotlight, but director Reginald Harkema is more interested in exploring the mundane politics and warfare of the 1960s, delivering a disappointingly dull -- and historically inaccurate -- biopic about a fascinating individual.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

Kristen Hager delivers a great mix of "sexy" and "sadism" in her performance as real-life murderer Leslie Van Houten, but her talent can't save Manson, My Name is Evil from its numerous inaccuracies and character omissions that misguide and bore fans of the true story.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

Excellent and off beat, this film does jump about a little so maybe a touch challenging, it looks mainly at the trial of the Manson gang, and his influence especially on Leslie, one of the followers. unsettling, but then it should be. well filmed, and well acted.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

Thankfully this was short because it was just not very good.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

interesting view, showing the events happening at the time and difficulties in self-discovery and finding the right place faced by those growing up in those times

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Reg Harkema

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Gregory Smith

Perry

Kristen Hager

Leslie

Kristin Adams

Dorothy

Robert Dayton

Henry

Sarah Gadon

Laura

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Synopsis

Leslie assists Manson commit horrific murders to prove herself. Perry falls in love with Leslie while serving as a juror at her murder trial.

Director: Reg Harkema
Producer: Leonard Farlinger, Jennifer Jonas
Screenwriter: Reg Harkema
Rating: R (Some Drug Use|Language|Disturbing Images|Bloody Violence|Nudity|Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 6, 2017
Runtime: 1h 25m

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