What feels like it is going to be a cutting edge comedy about parents trying to exploit the current climate of political correctness and positive discrimination soon gives way to a dull morality tale about reluctance and acceptance of a foregone conclusion.
This movie is for older people who still find the whole transgender thing weird, wagging a finger at those who can't accept their own child's choices. This could have worked better if they actually dissected the child's mentality and experience of life, but the film shys away from that, instead focusing on the parents and their problems, therefore obscuring the issue while simultaneously acting like they are exploring it in fear of displaying something potentially offensive.
Overall this movie comes across too heavy handed, while also being to removed from the real debate of whether or not a parent or child can really know what conclusions to draw when faced with the complex issue of gender, let alone how private schools then deal with these issues.
This movie is for older people who still find the whole transgender thing weird, wagging a finger at those who can't accept their own child's choices. This could have worked better if they actually dissected the child's mentality and experience of life, but the film shys away from that, instead focusing on the parents and their problems, therefore obscuring the issue while simultaneously acting like they are exploring it in fear of displaying something potentially offensive.
Overall this movie comes across too heavy handed, while also being to removed from the real debate of whether or not a parent or child can really know what conclusions to draw when faced with the complex issue of gender, let alone how private schools then deal with these issues.