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6.5/10   45 votes
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Director:
Neil Burns
Writers:
Daegan Fryklind (screenplay) and
George Toles (screenplay) ...
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Genre:
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(2 articles)
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Cast

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Powers Boothe ... George T. Edison (voice)
Jay Brazeau ... Samuel (voice)

Ben Cotton ... Faraday
Aiden Drummond ... Young Faraday
Brian Drummond ... Braken-Carl
Gokul ... Colin Murdock

Quinn Lord ... Young Leo (voice)
Lotte ... Venus Terzo (voice)
Scott McNeil ... (voice)

Ashley Michaels ... Helka (voice)

Carly Pope ... Zella (voice)

Jacqueline Samuda ... Toni (voice)

Gregory Smith ... Leo (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Newton and Leo (Canada: English title) (working title)
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Runtime:
Canada:79 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Country:
Canada
Language:
English | French
Color:
Color
Company:
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Cute and bizarre, 11 July 2009
7/10
Author: formicidae from canada

I just saw this little gem in our local independent theatre in Saskatoon, and I can now understand why the film wasn't rated. I'm not sure how one could actually categorize a claymation film that includes the odd beheading and other somewhat lurid or sexual moments. Edison and Leo is about a somewhat mad inventor who creates a great deal of trouble for his family when he allows his lust for scientific knowledge to overtake common decency or morality. It mixes dark humor with themes of love and loss, mysticism vs. science, good and evil, all portrayed by stop-motion clay characters that reminded me of the old Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer Christmas special--rough around the edges, but disarmingly fun to watch. I don't know who I'd recommend this movie to. It's a bit bloody for kids (even though I found the violence comical, since it's clay), and the animation would be too 'primitive' for most Pixar-dazzled audiences, but if you enjoy off-beat, original fare, it won't be the worst thing you've ever seen.

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