High school is a terrible place. Matt is in his senior year of high school and has to wear and eye patch. Obviously this makes him a target. As he puts it later he spends his entire day just trying to make it through. So he is caught off guard when he meets and falls for a girl. And overweight girl. Who, like him, has become a "freak" due to being over weight and perhaps how she dresses due to it. Matt falls hard but eventually the girl, Jill, has to go back to her home and go to college. It is here when the movie turns on its head. Jill secretly loses weight and dresses more conservatively and Matt gets a "glass" eye. But Matt isn't ready to trust in Jill's feelings for him now that she isn't a freak and spends most of his time sabotaging her. This leads to a wrenching fight and some self destructive behavior giving them some good lessons. Some movies have taken up the theme before when one member of the relationship changes ... is it really the same relationship? This does an especially nice job at exploring that though, I can't say it was a fun ride. More like an important one.
Review of Some Freaks
