Fresh
Everything changes over a single summer for the kids in Sleeping Giant, a superb coming-of-age story set in Northern Ontario.
Liz Braun, Toronto Sun
Sleeping Giant
2015 · 1h 29m · NOT RATED
Adventure, Drama
Directed by
Andrew Cividino
Overview
A coming-of-age tale that turns on three teenagers who are having a vacation by a lakeside.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
86%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Not just the best Canadian movie of 2015, but one of the year's best films, period.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Fresh
Cividino creates a volatile, captivating and singular look at adolescence, wholly free of the sanitized antics of Hollywood.
Barry Hertz, Globe and Mail
Fresh
Boys will be boys, yes, but Cividino doesn't romanticize them: They can be pretty toxic, too.
Guy Lodge, Variety
Fresh
What's particularly admirable here is the way the cast and filmmakers illuminate not just the wit and charm of young men, but also the callow cruelty of youth.
Leslie Felperin, Hollywood Reporter
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