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Initial Thought: This caught my eye when I was searching for news about something. It is the first film for Michelle Hendley who just so happens to be a real transgender person. I really do find it intriguing and inspirational to watch people try to deal with the struggles they face for what they believe. I had seen another moving dealing with transgender identity called Gun Hill Road which was absolutely amazing and eye opening. I'm hoping this will open my eyes more to the subject as well. I believe in choice and that people are whatever they say they are. We should not judge people for who they want to be. It is their life to live. If you have no respect for their decisions then why bother letting it get to you?
Characters/Acting: I love the idea of an actual transgender playing the character of one. It gives more authenticity than someone we see on a usual basis take on such a role. I also think it's nice that this is Michelle's first time on film and that she wants to spread a deep message with this movie. Michael Welch's character reminds me a lot of Jason Stackhouse from True Blood with the way he talks and his interest in sleeping with any woman he can find. The acting is pretty good from the fairly unknown faces including Michelle Hendley. Everyone has really good chemistry together. There is a nice little Youtuber cameo near the end some people might recognize and enjoy.
Story: So from what I garnered so far in the first two minutes is that this has a lot to do with finding love. It seems as if our main character has no luck with men who can't see beyond sexual feelings. I have to admit the part with the flasher was just genius writing. So Ricky takes after the actress by also having a Youtube channel albeit not in the same type of topic. The first scene doesn't really make too much sense until quite a bit later where things are sort of explained. There are actually some pretty great twists! I respected the idea of them revealing Ricky's nude body in entirety because of the meaning of it's nature.
Directing/Writing: I'm not familiar with this director, but most of his stuff isn't rated to high. We shall see what happens after I begin the movie. I think it is amazing though that he went for such a powerful and challenging subject. His storytelling here is quite remarkable.
Final Thought: It's a love story. One that although presented from a new angle it is still pretty much another look at love. It's quite a respectable hidden gem. If you have no problem with LGBT then I highly recommend seeing this to open your eyes a bit to the world around us. I find this to be actually pretty inspirational. I got teary eyed in the last few minutes. I have to admit this was a pretty beautiful gem of a film.
