What ensues between them, both psychologically and sexually, is one of the strangest, most fascinating dysfunctional relationships I've seen in a movie. The acting is outstanding.
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05/22/08
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XXY (2008)
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Reviews Counted:39
Fresh:31
Rotten:8
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: This sharp directorial debut by Lucia Puenzo treats the challenging subject of intersexuality with intelligence and sensitivity.
Theatrical Release:May 2, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: Alex is a 15-year-old teenager with a secret. Soon after her birth her parents decide to leave Buenos Aires to make a home out of an isolated wooden cabin tucked away in the dunes of the Uruguayan... [More]
Starring: Ricardo Darin, Ines Efron, Martin Piroyanski, Jean Pierre Reguerraz
Director: Lucia Puenzo
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04/23/09
A contrived screenplay dilutes the unique story.
10/18/08
Moody and thoughtful.
12/17/08
It is not a message picture, never lectures, contains partial nudity but avoids explicit images and grows into a poignant human drama.
09/05/08
Top CriticTrim and briskly paced, XXY is sometimes difficult to watch, but Puenzo lets the actors explore a full range of emotions.
10/18/08
Top CriticTraz um final em aberto que, ao invés de enriquecer a narrativa ao honrar sua complexidade, soa mais como uma incapacidade do próprio filme em encontrar algo relevante a dizer.
01/16/08
The struggles of those around Alex are equally moving.
10/18/08
Exquisitely acted story of a intersex teenage 15-year-old girl who will not commit herself to surgery to correct the duality of genitalia.
04/15/08
With 'XXY,' Argentinean writer-director Lucía Puenzo takes what could have been a movie-of-the week subject and instead delivers a thoughtful and deeply moving tale.
10/13/08
To the director's credit, what could have been a clinical study or fact-based medical case instead unfolds as a touching coming of age tale focusing on the tender romantic angle.
06/27/08
The most original coming-of-age drama you'll see this year.
05/09/08
The movie is a liberal plea without liberation.
05/07/08
Top CriticRicardo Darin... again proves that he can break your heart with a look, conveying unspoken emotion with a glance that taps you into his pain.
08/24/07
Under Puenzo's attentive yet strangely enervated direction, there's not much dramatic urgency here.
05/02/08
[Director] Puenzo takes advantage of her young actors' star quality, filming their scenes mostly in intense close-ups
05/02/08
treats gender issues with a hand so delicate you feel sad for everyone involved
11/15/08
Unexpected and wonderfully thoughtful.
10/18/08
A tough, engaging, extremely touching work of cinema.
04/09/08
The Argentine writer-director downplays the clinical angle and avoids easy melodramatic pitfalls.
03/24/08
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