Tickling Leo (2009)
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33% of critics liked it
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In the days before Yom Kippur (aka the Day of Atonement), Zak Pikler takes his pregnant girlfriend, Delphina, to find his estranged father in the family drama Tickling Leo, written and directed by Jeremy Davidson. When they reach the man's home in the Catskills, Zak finds that his father has… More In the days before Yom Kippur (aka the Day of Atonement), Zak Pikler takes his pregnant girlfriend, Delphina, to find his estranged father in the family drama Tickling Leo, written and directed by Jeremy Davidson. When they reach the man's home in the Catskills, Zak finds that his father has turned into a hermit and is suffering from dementia. But the problems in the present only mask those in the past, causing his father to revisit the Holocaust and his escape from Hungary. Produced by actress and director Mary Stuart Masterson, Tickling Leo stars Daniel Sauli, Annie Parisse, Lawrence Pressman, and Eli Wallach. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jeremy Davidson
- Written By
- Jeremy Davidson
- Genres
- Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Sep 4, 2009 Wide
- Studio
- Barn Door Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
Although strongly acted and deeply felt, writer-director Jeremy Davidson's arcanely titled Tickling Leo is too theatrically conceived and diffusely told to satisfy its lofty aspirations.
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Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
Director Jeremy Davidson's father-son tale is refreshingly edgy and well-acted, but painfully obvious in almost every other way.
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Stephen Holden, New York Times
The film's rich performances, in which every shade of every character's emotions registers, can go only so far to camouflage the glaring lapses in a drama that often confuses hints and allusions with coherent storytelling.
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Doris Toumarkine, Hollywood Reporter
Director Davidson still shines with this modest production.
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Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
Briefly in theaters now, Tickling Leo -- the title makes little sense -- will undoubtedly disappear quickly, only to have a faltering second life at small film festivals. You'll miss little if you pass it by.
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Cast
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Daniel Sauli
as Zak Pikler
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Annie Parisse
as Delphina
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Lawrence Pressman
as Warren Yitzchak Pikler
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Ronald Guttman
as Robert Pikler
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Victoria Clark
as Madeleine Pikler
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Eli Wallach
as Emil Pikler
