The Trorsky: A Good Canadian Movie

People often think when they hear Canadian film they think of Red Green,  Strange Brew, Trailer Park Boys or something hockey related… Thanks to films like One Week, Intern Academy, Real Time, Child Star,Passchendale and Now The Trotsky the Stigma has been broken.. People should realize we have good Talent north of the border and we’re chalk full of funny. Every once and a while the good Canadian Jay Baruchel returns to support his home and native land by lending his talents to good Canadian films. The first being Fetching Cody, Real Time and now The Trotsky.

In the Trotsky, Baruchel plays Leon Bronstein, a brilliant, sensitive way past his age student who believes to be the reincarnation of Marxist/Bolshevik leader Leon Trosky.  Believing this he feels it is his destiny to lead a revolution. When his first attempt at unionizing his father’s (Saul Rubinek) clothing company leads to his arrest he tries again to give his new public school a student union in order to give his fellow students a voice worth hearing.

I enjoyed this movie, now the laughs weren’t plentiful but it was quirky and very story and character driven. I caught some resemblances to Wes Anderson’s Rushmore with it’s odd ball characters and solid story. Baruchel, like Bronstein is a very likable guy with a pure heart so you find yourself routing for him. The Film added some credible supporting actors with Rubinek and Colm Foere along with a very funny supporting cast.

With a modest budget this is a movie done proper. It relies on talent, both story and script as well as talented actors. It doesn’t succumb to outlandish budgets and salary demands for what is a simple quirky fun story. It is how movies should be made with passion and is defiantly worth being checked out and supported.