Look at Me (2024)

Directed by

Taylor Olson

Genre

drama, comedy

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 27m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A bisexual actor struggles with an eating disorder relapse and tries to accept himself. The film follows his emotional journey drawn from the director's own life experiences.

rawintrospectiveemotionally heavypersonalgroundedunflinchingcontemplative

What happens

Look at Me is a 2024 Canadian comedy-drama film, written, produced, and directed by Taylor Olson. Adapted from his own semi-autobiographical stage play of the same name, the film stars Olson as a fictionalized version of himself, a bisexual actor who goes on a difficult emotional journey toward self-acceptance after suffering a relapse in his prior struggle with an eating disorder. The cast also includes Koumbie, Sam Vigneault, Josh MacDonald, Oliver Boyle, Jessica Barry, Thom Payne, Jeremy Smith, Matthew Lumley, Frietzen Kenter, Varun Guru, Emily Jewer, Beth Amiro, David Light, Kathleen Dorian, Peter Sarty, Richie Wilcox and Stephanie MacDonald in supporting roles. Olson has called the film a "fictional autobiography", clarifying that while the film is based on his own personal experiences, some parts of it were fictionalized for the purposes of making the story more dramatically compelling. His original play was a one-man show, with the other characters added for the film. The film premiered in the Unstoppable Features section of the 2024 Slamdance Film Festival. It had its Canadian premiere at the Canadian Film Festival, where Olson won the award for Best Performance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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