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elliot page, the man you are

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This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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“Hey, Paul’s fucking himself?”

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TIFF #10
*World Premiere*

When I first heard that 53 minutes of this was improvised, I prepared myself for an ill-prepared jumblecore vanity project.

But it turns out that Elliot Page has a lot of important stuff to say right off the cuff.

Like Elliot, I am a Maritime Canadian who moved west to a bigger city, to follow my dreams and make a better life for myself. Like his character in this film (and possibly him in real life) I've been a black sheep my whole adult life; homecoming and forming home-like connections have often been hard.

It's clear that the resonant and revelatory dialogue - with the humour hitting as hard as the dramatic punches - is the…

Review by Serena Hao ★★★★

he’s literally so me (loser tboy from the suburbs outside toronto who cries in union station)

Review by joe ★★★★ Liked

elliot page is fucking incredible. breathtaking performance.

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Elliot Page, the jacked, talented, JACKED man that you are.

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1. Elliot Page cried in basically every scene I felt so fucking seen 
2. We need more scenes of bigots just getting their fucking asses handed to them pls

Review by Alice ★★★★ Liked

the hat deserves an acting credit

Review by Maddie ★★★★½ Liked

“Rising above it is getting the fuck out of here” 

First ugly cry at TIFF.

Review by jess ★★★½

close to you more like close to tears the entire runtime

Review by jordyn ★★★

isn’t it so awkward when you run into your ex best friend who you had a homoerotic friendship with back in high school and she starts talking about her husband and kids