SummaryHave you ever wanted to relive your childhood and do things differently? Guy Maddin casts B-movie icon Ann Savage as his domineering mother in attempt to answer that question in My Winnipeg, a hilariously wacky and profoundly touching goodbye letter to his childhood hometown. A documentary (or "docu-fantasia" as Maddin proclaims) that inventively... Read More
Directed By:Guy Maddin
Written By:Guy Maddin, George Toles
My Winnipeg
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84
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7.3
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
100% Positive
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100
(1) Shot for shot, Maddin can be as surprising and delightful as any filmmaker has ever been, and (2) he is an acquired taste, but please, sir, may I have some more?
90
This haunting phantasmagoria of a film -- comic, singular, surreal -- is not only something no one but the Canadian director could have made, it's also a film no one else would have even wanted to make. Which is the heart of its appeal.
88
Deeply personal, wryly funny and fantastically cinematic.
80
Witty, moving and visually dazzling.
80
This autobiographical meditation is seductively funny, as well as deliciously strange, and hauntingly beautiful, as well as stream-of-consciousness cockeyed.
80
My Winnipeg is overloaded and digressive--it comes with the territory--but it's also grounded in a place, Maddin's Manitoban hometown, and it's painfully engrossing.
70
Though it may feel undernourished to the faithful, Winnipeg is an easily digestible meal, for the uninitiated and fans alike.
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Aug 26, 2010
10
What is "My Winnipeg"? Sure, it's easy to dismiss it as an experimental film, but that's like blacklisting it to a future in some storage bin in a modern art museum, which would be a shame. The film claims to be a documentary about Guy Maddin's hometown, Winnipeg, MB. The footage shows what appears to be reenactments of Maddin's childhood, scenes from his family and a speckled history of the town. From the beginning it's obvious that this 'reality' is pure imagination, a fantasy concocted by Maddin, but for what purpose? Why is he trying to escape reality and his hometown that he loves so dearly? The best way to understand is to watch it, accept it as truth like Maddin has, and experience the world as it becomes a much more magical place.
Oct 11, 2020
8
God bless Guy Maddin. There is nobody else like him. He takes material from the cinematic past and reshapes it in his own completely unique way. He does all this from his own studio in the artistic backwater of Winnipeg. The results are funny, poignant, silly, and magical. In this he draws on memories of his childhood, family, and community.
Production Company:
- Buffalo Gal Pictures
- Documentary Channel
- Everyday Pictures
Release Date:Jun 13, 2008
Duration:1 h 20 m
Tagline:The truth is relative.
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Awards
Chlotrudis Awards
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 6 Nominations
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
