Netflix just quietly added ‘spectacular’ Oscar-nominated movie based on a true story

One of the best movies of 2022 was just added to Netflix .

To Leslie, which received a 93 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, is now available to stream . The film premiered at South by Southwest in 2022 and met with critical acclaim .

It stars Andrea Riseborough as Leslie, who earned an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in the role. Others in the cast include Allison Janney, Marc Maron, Andre Royo, and Owen Teague.

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The film follows Leslie, a single mother from Texas , who won $190,000 in the lottery. It then jumps forward six years, where the now-alcoholic Leslie is evicted from her apartment for failing to pay rent.

She’s fallen out with her son, as well as taken advantage of the kindness of her friends, leaving her to stay at a budget motel. There, she makes friends with the motel clerk and finally faces the consequences of her actions.

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The events of the movie are loosely based on the real life of screenwriter Ryan Binaco’s late mother. It was the first feature film for director Michael Morris, of Better Call Saul fame.

Those without a Netflix subscription can rent the movie for $3.79 from Amazon Prime, $3.99 from Youtube TV, or $3.99 from Apple TV.

The movie had a budget of less than $1 million, and it only made a little over $400,000 at the box office. It was overwhelmingly beloved by critics, however.

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Richard Brody from the New Yorker said: “Riseborough makes a virtuoso display of the script’s gamut of screen clichés, ranging from loud aggression and wheedling sweetness to humbled desperation and proud defiance…”

Paul Byrnes from the Sydney Morning Herald wrote: “Riseborough’s performance is spectacular -- a high-wire act, from despair to repair and everywhere in between.”

David Stratton, of the Australian, reviewed the movie, saying: “Riseborough’s performance is very fine indeed, as she captures all the flaws and attributes of a woman who’s had a very tough life, a woman who has been her own worst enemy, but who somehow survives and endures.”

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