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Lean on Pete
Charley, a fifteen year old guy and his single father, Ray, are suffering from the hardships they face according to their social status, as they find difficulty on earning their living, so they move to Portland, Oregon, where Charley finds a job for himself, as he works with a horse trainer.
3 August 1970, Los Angeles, California, USA
25 November 1981, Florida, USA
18 November 1974, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
May 04, 2018
Lean on Pete is a beauty. Giddy up and go.
April 12, 2018
It's hard to imagine anyone watching Lean on Pete and not rooting hard for Charley's wish to come true.
April 19, 2018
The film is a showcase for a very promising young actor named Charlie Plummer. Lanky, sensitive but assured, Plummer gives his character, 15-year-old Charley, a sense of raw decency maintained through trying circumstances.
May 05, 2018
Plummer's expressive performance keeps us holding on until the touching final furlong.
May 06, 2018
A performance of remarkable depth, candour and vulnerability by rising star Charlie Plummer lies at the heart of this terrifically moving fourth feature film from British writer-director Andrew Haigh.
May 07, 2018
Andrew Haigh... infuses the film with warmth and honesty, facing the darkest moments head-on as the only way to get through them.
April 19, 2018
If "The 400 Blows" was set in the poorer sections of the rural Pacific Northwest, it would run very close to this.
May 06, 2018
The entire story is told with a quiet but punctuating lyricism, avoiding cliches and obvious histrionics to play up the drama of the story. Movies are rarely more effective when they are told through a naturalistic lens.
April 19, 2018
"Lean on Pete" demands a different kind of attention from moviegoers. But the rewards are worth it.
April 13, 2018
There is a disquieting sense that the director has fallen prey to the poetics of space at the expense of the lives within it.
April 20, 2018
Throughout, Plummer is mesmerizing, his sunken eyes and gaunt face telling of the layers of hardships Charley is forced to endure.
May 07, 2018
It also doesn't hurt that [Andrew] Haigh finds something redeeming about his characters, even if Charley can be foolish and Del underhanded.