Unforgivable Casting Choice

Rating: 1/10 (27 November 2015)

When a transgender woman is played by a cisgender man, it sends the message that the two can be seen as the same thing, which is untrue. It's also very disrespectful, at best, to the woman whom this movie is all about, Lili Elbe. As previously stated, by having a cisgender man play her, they send the message that she herself was nothing more than a man pretending to be a woman, which essentially is taking her identity and stomping on it. I could've given the movie a chance if Lili had only been played by a trans-woman, but since she was not, I find myself unable to enjoy a moment of it. Great job, guys. You took a story that could've been the greatest movie of the year and you blew it before you even began shooting.