To Leslie Trivia | 32 facts about the drama film

“To Leslie” is an indie drama film that garnered Andrea Riseborough’s first Oscar nomination for a leading Performance.

So let’s find out some trivia and facts about the film.

1. To Leslie is a 2022 American drama film
2. It is directed by Michael Morris
3. It is his feature directorial debut
4. From a screenplay by Ryan Binaco
5. The film stars Andrea Riseborough as Leslie Rowland
6. She is a single mother who turns to alcoholism after using up all the prize money she received after winning the lottery
7. She soon finds the chance to turn her life around when a motel owner offers her a job
8. Allison Janney, Marc Maron, Andre Royo, Owen Teague, and Stephen Root are featured in supporting roles
9. To Leslie premiered at South by Southwest on March 12, 2022
10. It was given a limited release on October 7, 2022 by Momentum Pictures
11. The film received critical acclaim with Riseborough’s performance garnering widespread praise
12. Riseborough garnered a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress
13. In July 2019, it was announced Andrea Riseborough had joined the cast of the film, with Michael Morris directing from a screenplay by Ryan Binaco
14. In June 2020, Allison Janney and John Hawkes joined the cast of the film
15. In December 2020, Marc Maron and Stephen Root joined the cast of the film, with Maron replacing Hawkes
16. The film was shot in Los Angeles, over the course of 19 days
17. As of November 2022, the film had earned $23,304 at the U.S. box office
18. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 97% rating
19. Based on 59 critics’ reviews
20. With an average rating of 7.6/10
21. The website’s consensus reads, “To Leslie’s familiar framework is granted extra depth through a stellar Andrea Riseborough and a sensitive and nuanced approach to the cycle of addiction”
22. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 84 out of 100
23. Based on 16 critics
24. Indicating “universal acclaim”
25. According to Variety, actress Mary McCormack, the wife of director Michael Morris, hired two publicity firms to help organize a “celeb-backed campaign” to get Riseborough nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress
26. While theretofore not widely seen or regarded as a serious awards contender, the campaign successfully raised the film’s profile as dozens of celebrities publicly endorsed the film, praising it and Riseborough’s performance on social media and hosting screenings during voting for the Academy Award nominations in January 2023
27. Riseborough was nominated for the award on January 24
28. After her nomination was announced, there was media speculation that the tactics may have violated the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences rules against directly lobbying voters
29. Αcademy rules forbid individuals from giving “their personal signature, personal regards, or pleas to watch the film” when sending correspondence to voters
30. The Academy occasionally rescinds nominations if it is found that the nominee personally lobbied voters, though there are no reports that Riseborough did so
31. Consequently, Clayton Davis of Variety wrote that it was “highly unlikely” that her nomination would be affected
32. On January 27, the Academy announced that they were “conducting a review of the campaign procedures around this year’s nominees, to ensure that no guidelines were violated, and to inform us whether changes to the guidelines may be needed in a new era of social media and digital communication”