Mile End Kicks. TIFF 2025 – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

MILE END KICKS (TIFF 2025) – Review by Liz Braun

September 16, 2025September 15, 2025 Liz Braun Barbie Ferreira, canadian films., Chandler Levack, Devon Bostick, Juliette Gariepy, Mile End Kicks. TIFF 2025, montreal, Stanley Simons

There was a lot of wind-up for Chandler Levack’s new film, Mile End Kicks, a coming-of-age tale mixed with a bit of romantic comedy. It doesn’t quite live up to all the hype, but it’s an okay story with strong performances and great music. Whether it has resonance with young women as a rite-of-passage story remains to be seen — a few fully three-dimensional characters in the protagonist’s orbit could have helped.