MY WINNIPEG (2007)

Film Opinion

Directed by Guy Maddin
Written by Guy Maddin and George Toles
With Darcy Fehr, Ann Savage, Amy Stewart, Brendan Cade, Wesley Cade

Probably the most visually intriguing and narratively confounding "documentary" I have ever seen. One is never sure just how much of Guy Maddin's history of Winnipeg is actually true but, man, is it fun to watch. Laugh out loud funny at times, poignant and sad at others, MY WINNIPEG had me mulling it over for days afterwards. Don't be turned off by the seemingly heavy poetic voice-over early in the film; it takes off and soars eventually.

GRADE: A-