Monday, August 29, 2016
Quick change artist
Well, not so quick but rather a painfully slow process of transition from male to female.
Based on the first or early transgender operations, we see a process of the inner person coming out literally from soul to body.
starring Eddie Redmayne, a long time favorite, as the "girl".
The film covers the reactions of the people surrounding the young man as she makes her transition to being a woman.
It is all finely done, if a bit clinical, and the performances are all first rate.
I liked it but would not want to see it again. It is hard to get through at times and excessively wordy when the emphasis might more be placed on the feelings involved.
I know. I am a picky bastard, but there it is.
One other thing. They go to great length to point out that the young man involved is not homosexual. In fact much of his support comes from his wife and life partner. I appreciate this very much since for a very long time it was naturally assumed that trans people were gay and they mostly are not. The reverse was also true, that gay men were not men who wanted to be women. More man than a lot of so called straight men, in my experience.
A 3 out of Netflix5.
Labels: films