November 14, 2005
The United States of Leland
The United States of Leland is the story of a teenager who kills the retarded younger brother of his ex-girlfriend, and the at the same time the story of those around him. Unfortunately, I think many viewers will try to find a "why" as Leland puts it. Those that do, however, will be disappointed by the movie and fail to understand that this film is more about accepting that sometimes things happen and there's no acceptable reason for why.
In fact, although the title and focus of the story revolves around the boy Leland, viewers should instead absorb all of the intertwined story-lines together. Understanding and accepting what Leland did comes as much from understanding and accepting what the other characters do. And when asked, there are excuses like, "I'm only human" or "I don't know". But what Leland understands is that sometimes people do things that they know are wrong but they do it anyway. He also knows that happiness and sadness, right and wrong, are fleeting sides of the same coin.
Posted by josuah at November 14, 2005 11:35 PM UTC+00:00
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