Leolo

Director Lauzon's Leolo is a darkly comic, surreal coming of age story, blurring the boundaries between reality and fantasy. Leolo creates an imaginary world to escape his real life: the insanity of his family (literally) and his own battle to keep the crazy at bay. The film does an excellent job blending the the two worlds until the viewer is no longer sure what is real anymore. There is tremendous beauty in Lauzon's film; it is poetic and disturbing, surreal and painfully real, walking a line between conflicting worlds--visually and symbolically--much like Leolo does as he struggles to maintain his fantasy world as his real life tries to drag him down. The film is expertly directed, gorgeously shot, and has the added bonus of an amazing score by Tom Waits.

Leolo
Score: 85%