Mile End Kicks (2025)

Directed by

Chandler Levack

Genre

romantic comedy film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

R

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 30 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 2011, a young woman moves to Montreal to write about Alanis Morissette's album Jagged Little Pill. She falls for two members of a local indie rock band and takes a job as their publicist.

romanticbittersweetnostalgicearnestlightheartedquirkyslow-burn

What happens

Mile End Kicks is a 2025 Canadian coming-of-age romantic comedy film written and directed by Chandler Levack. Based in part on Levack's own young adulthood prior to becoming a professional music critic and filmmaker, the film stars Barbie Ferreira as Grace Pine, a young woman who moves to Montreal, Quebec, in 2011 with the goal of writing a book about Alanis Morissette's album Jagged Little Pill but instead becomes romantically involved with Archie (Devon Bostick) and Chevy (Stanley Simons), two members of the aspiring indie rock band Bone Patrol, and takes a job as the band's publicist. The cast also includes Juliette Gariépy, Robert Naylor, Isaiah Lehtinen and Jay Baruchel. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 4, 2025. It was released in Canada on April 17, 2026, by Entract Films and Elevation Pictures. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $679,591 against a budget of $4 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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