Movie

Dear Leo

2020 · 93 min

A gentle, diary-like coming-of-age story that feels intimate and nostalgic, like reading letters from a friend.

Overview: Dear Leo follows the story of Annie Duncan as she graduates from high school and starts her freshman year of college, as told through the perspective of letters with her middle-school cousin Leo.
How it feels: Warm, earnest, light and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Coming-of-age, family, identity, friendship
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
family
identity
friendship
education
Places: school
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild