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‘To Leslie’ Film Review: Andrea Riseborough Shines in Good-Hearted, If Conventional, Redemption Story

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only ugly things will happen to Leslie. When she begins the film evicted from her humble digs, sitting out on the street in the rain, one believes she has hit rock-bottom.

Alas, there are a few more bottoms to hit before the movie finally swings upward. That long first act feels, at times, punishing.

Sure, Leslie has done wrong, but what is gained watching her suffer more?Eventually, Leslie crosses paths with Sweeney (Marc Maron) and Royal (Andre Royo), who run the local motel, where she’s granted the space and patience to get back onto her feet.

While it can be a tired trope to present a down-on-their-luck person gaining resilience through manual labor, her figurative job cleaning the motel rooms does help Leslie metaphorically clean up her act.

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