The film is filled with countless euphemisms, while provocative and sometimes disturbing images flash on the screen or are subtly included in the rest of the background. With that being said, My Winnipeg is not without humor. Ledgeman, a fictional television series which Maddin's mother not only stars in but watches every day, is about a man who is upset by something on a daily basis and stands on a window ledge threatening to kill himself until his mother talks him back inside. Or the law that states all the homeless of Winnipeg must live on rooftops, in houses built from and old theme park that was destroyed by a buffalo stamped.
Even though the end of the film takes a sad turn, I found it to be overall very pleasant and emotional. It is no surprise that it won Best Canadian Feature Film at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival and it's one of the best movies I've seen this year.
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