Leo (2002)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Mehdi Norowzian

Writers:

Massy Tadjedin (written by) &
Amir Tadjedin (written by)

Release Date:

12 March 2004 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

The boy you were is not the man you are.

Plot Keywords:

Widow | Ex Convict | Character Name In Title

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Joseph Fiennes	...	Stephen
Elisabeth Shue	...	Mary Bloom
Justin Chambers	...	Ryan Eames
Sam Shepard	...	Vic
Dennis Hopper	...	Horace
Deborah Kara Unger	...	Caroline
Mary Stuart Masterson	...	Brynne
Jake Weber	...	Ben Bloom
Davis Sweatt	...	Leopold - age 11
James Middleton	...	Louis
Don Henderson Baker	...	Jack (as Don Baker)
David Burke	...	Thomas Kingsley
Amie Quigley	...	Ruth Livingston
Andrew Ruse	...	Mark
Zac Epstein	...	Kid #1

Also Known As:

Leopold Bloom (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some sexuality and violent content.

Runtime:

Canada:103 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | Argentina:104 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA | Argentina:16 | UK:15 | South Korea:18 | Finland:K-15 | Norway:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Company:

Freewheel Productions

Goofs:

Factual errors: A letter addressed to Oxford, Mississippi, clearly has the ZIP Code 64933. The ZIP Code for Oxford, Mississippi, is 38655. There is no city with the ZIP shown in the film; ZIP's beginning with "649" would be near Kansas City, Missouri.

Elizabeth Shue Was Outstanding

This film held my interest from beginning to the very end with Joseph Fiennes, (Stephen) leaving a prison after serving a sentence of murdering a man and has been given a job at a dinner with some very strange people running the establishment. Dennis Hopper,(Horace) plays the role of a very dirty filthy old man who abuses a young waitress in sexual ways to degrade her. There are two central characters who appear in this film which has flashbacks with Elizabeth Shue, (Mary Bloom) who is a very attractive young woman who is married to a professor and lives in a very comfortable home and has a young girl. Mary Bloom is told that her husband is having an affair and Mary reacts by making love to a man who is painting her home and from this point in the film everything begins to turn into many different kinds of mysterious events. Great acting by the entire cast and especially the performance of Elizabeth Shue. Enjoy