Flutterby™! : Different for Girls

Watched Different for Girls last night with Charlene. Interesting concept, Carl is a very feminine boy who gets attacked in the shower for his lack of masculinity, Paul is the guy with his heart in the right place who rescues Carl from the mob. Flash forward 15 years and suddenly they meet again, only this time Carl is Kim, and Paul is very uncomfortable.

We both felt like the movie was very full and yet dragged in places. At the end it's hard to say which scenes should have been cut, but during the movie there were places that felt slow. Perhaps an indication that this story would work better as a novel, where the space for all that character development exists. Or maybe it's cause this is a movie with a message, and as such some of the depth of the struggle didn't get fleshed out. Anyway, it's certainly the best written and least preachy "message" movie I've ever seen, and it was a really touching story that worked. Recommended with those reservations.