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      Laurence Anyways

      2012 2 hr. 39 min. Drama Romance List
      84% 63 Reviews Tomatometer 79% 2,500+ Ratings Audience Score In the '90s, Laurence tells his girlfriend, Fred, that he wants to become a woman; they confront the prejudices of their friends, ignore the council of their families and brave the phobias of the society they offend. Read More Read Less
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      Passionate and powerfully acted, Laurence Anyways sometimes strains to achieve its narrative ambitions (and fill its three-hour running time), but ultimately succeeds.

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      alisa k Touching and shocking. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member While it's true that Xavier Dolan's style isn't for all tastes, Laurence Anyways nevertheless brings out a surprisingly affectionate - and sometimes hard to watch - queer story about love that will satisfy those who endure its unnecessarily long running-time. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Despite its excess, the music, beautiful visual style and impressive performances makes of "Laurence Anyways" an exciting emotional roller coaster and one of the most finely calibrated films in director Xavier Dolan's uneven career. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member "Babam hep derdi ki: Şairler asla kış için giyinmezler. Fakat kışın onlara bir zararı olmaz. Çünkü bir şairin kalbi, daima sıcacıktır. Tabi buza dönüşene kadar." Daha 20 yaşındayken, hem yönetip hem oynadığı film olan Annemi Öldürdüm ve 2. filmi Hayali Aşklar ile ilgiyle izlenen Dolan, bu filmin ilk 90 dakikasında ilgiyle izlenen filmi 168 dakikaya sarkıtarak uzatıyor. Melvil Poupaud ve Suzanne Clément harika. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Good acting, good writing, and an interesting movie. It seemed a bit pretentious, but that might just be my stuff. I enjoy movies with well developed characters and this definitely did. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member One of the best works of Xavier Dolan filmography. A tender and touching story set in the 90s about the little 'revolution' of a man who feels uncomfortable in his male body. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      David Lewis San Francisco Chronicle "Laurence Anyways" is a formidable display of French Canadian director Xavier Dolan's prodigious talents, but also a case study of a young talent still finding his way to greatness.He'll get there one day, soon, but this film doesn't quite do it. Rated: 2.5/4 Oct 10, 2013 Full Review Andrea Gronvall Chicago Reader Lushly romantic and daringly original. Sep 12, 2013 Full Review Bill Goodykoontz Arizona Republic It's all too much, really, including its 21/2-hour-plus running time. But it's also engrossing, an ultimately tender story of a transsexual's transformation over 10 years and its effect on him and the people around him. Rated: 4/5 Jul 18, 2013 Full Review Diego Batlle Otroscines.com Dolan's films -- which have a touch of Pedro Almodóvar and Wong Kar-wai -- are always exaggerated, capricious, arbitrary, showy, but also, beautiful, intense, and unafraid of being ridiculed. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 3/5 Jun 27, 2023 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com It's a film that asks difficult questions, tells a meaningful story, and adds Dolan's unique artistic sensibility. Rated: 3.0/4.0 Sep 13, 2020 Full Review Joseph Walsh CineVue A beautiful gateau of a film. Rated: 3/5 Aug 23, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis In the '90s, Laurence tells his girlfriend, Fred, that he wants to become a woman; they confront the prejudices of their friends, ignore the council of their families and brave the phobias of the society they offend.
      Director
      Xavier Dolan
      Executive Producer
      Carole Mondello
      Screenwriter
      Xavier Dolan
      Production Co
      MK2 Productions
      Genre
      Drama, Romance
      Original Language
      French (Canada)
      Release Date (Streaming)
      May 23, 2017
      Aspect Ratio
      Academy (1.33:1)