"Show, don't tell" is the golden rule of cinema and literature. Here, they never show and can't stop telling (each other off). What we get is adults, endlessly talking about all the problems they're experiencing regarding their kid, a boy they think may be transgender. There is no shortage of adults talking about the kid, describing the kid's 'unusual' behaviour and all they have to deal with accordingly. The protagonist however, is seldom seen throughout the film. You can hear a frustrated/angry kid screaming on occasion, but that's mainly it.
It's uninteresting cinema, and it does little or nothing to show what life is really like for transgender people, including children. Showing the 'ordeal' of their parents is rather damaging imho. Imagine a film about the 'ordeal' of parents of a gay kid. No one in their right mind would make such a film anymore.
Perhaps it was well intended, perhaps it was an attempt to jump on the transgender-bandwagon. Either way, it's not good cinema, and it doesn't help anyone.
It's uninteresting cinema, and it does little or nothing to show what life is really like for transgender people, including children. Showing the 'ordeal' of their parents is rather damaging imho. Imagine a film about the 'ordeal' of parents of a gay kid. No one in their right mind would make such a film anymore.
Perhaps it was well intended, perhaps it was an attempt to jump on the transgender-bandwagon. Either way, it's not good cinema, and it doesn't help anyone.