Mile End Kicks (2025)
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A music critic moves to Montreal to write a book about an iconic album but finds herself entangled in the lives of an indie rock band.
The story
In 2011, music critic Grace Pine moves from Toronto to Montreal's Mile End neighborhood to write a book about Alanis Morissette's album Jagged Little Pill. While living with a local DJ, she finds herself drawn into the orbit of Bone Patrol, an up-and-coming indie rock band. After meeting the band's members, Archie and Chevy, Grace takes a job as their publicist. As she navigates the complexities of her new life and professional ambitions, she must navigate the blurred lines between her career goals and her burgeoning romantic interests with the band's members.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In 2011, 22-year-old music critic Grace Pine moves to Montreal to write a book about Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill. She settles in the Mile End neighborhood and meets Archie, the sensitive guitarist for the indie band Bone Patrol, and Chevy, their self-absorbed lead singer. Grace accepts a role as the band's publicist while struggling with a lack of funds and a past affair with her former editor. Her relationships with the band members become complicated: Archie reveals he is celibate due to oral herpes, and Chevy treats her poorly, eventually leading to a professional and personal rift. After a falling out with her publisher and her roommate, Grace returns to Toronto but eventually returns to Montreal for the band's EP launch. She reconciles with her roommate and rejects Chevy's advances. The film concludes with Grace finding her voice as a female music critic in a male-dominated field and sharing a moment with Archie.
- First release year
- 2025
- Runtime (minutes)
- 112
- Production countries
- Canada
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Chandler Levack
- Writers
- Chandler Levack · writer
- Cast and characters
- Barbie Ferreira · Grace Pine; Devon Bostick · Archie; Stanley Simons · Chevy; Juliette Gariépy; Jay Baruchel
- Genres
- coming-of-age; romantic comedy
- Themes
- sex; queerness; money troubles; sexism; self-worth
- Tone and mood
- vibrant
- Premise and plot tags
- musical groups; writers; semi-autobiographical
- Source material / true-story basis
- Based in part on Levack's own young adulthood prior to becoming a professional music critic and filmmaker.
- Content notes
- marijuana
- Reception
- The film received generally positive reviews from critics.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 77 · scale: 100
- Production trivia
- The original screenplay outline was titled Anglophone.; The production budget was $4 million, a significant increase from the director's previous film.; The soundtrack features two original songs from the band Tops.
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