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  • The United States of Leland
  • Opened January 18, 2003 | Runtime:1 hr. 48 min.
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. Read More
  • When smart, quiet suburban student Leland Fitzgerald (Ryan Gosling) commits a shocking crime, he becomes the center of a maelstrom of people trying to understand what he did and why, from his famous but absent father (Kevin Spacey), to his troubled Read More
  • Cast: Don Cheadle, Ryan Gosling, Chris Klein, Jena Malone, Lena Olin
  • Director: Matthew Ryan Hoge
  • Genres: Psychological Drama, Prison Film, Drama, Coming-of-Age

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  • 80
    Washington Post | Michael O'Sullivan

    A compelling, exquisitely acted drama about the shock waves emanating from --...

  • 63
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Steven Rea

    A tale of disaffection, devastation and epiphanies of the catastrophic kind.

  • 60
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    A complex and often compelling melodrama, at times almost verging on soap opera.

  • 50
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    I believe it is as cruel and senseless as the killings in "Elephant," but while...

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