Melodramatic and Animated

Rating: 5/10 (10 April 2018)

This film and it's actors just did not capture this real story to the best of their ability. Don't get me wrong as they are both talented A stars but this character Lily was portrayed to be so overly feminine and superficial in her hyper focus on dressing in female clothing. Lily's relationship encounters with men were equally lacking in authenticity. Yes she was a woman trapped inside a man's body but are we still simplify the trans gender or those who identify as such to be only in it for the lipstick and the clothes? Lots of flaws on the approach to this true story moving at a turtle pace when within all that mundane waste of the viewer's time could have been filled with so much more about Lily we'll never know about. Implicitly though I must say that the relationship with her soulmate Gerta shows a perspective of true love and the crosses one bears for those we love with a very unique lense that is remarkably enlightening, inspiring and crucial for all to witness.