I watched this film on Tubi where it was categorised as 'LBGT' (not my reason for watching it). This is an injustice to the movie because it deserves more than a niche market. It is the story of two girls, each of whom has difficulty finding & keeping friends, who find each other because of the innate decency in themselves. Over the course of the plot - which develops just as you'd like it to, though you fear it won't - they discover that all prejudices and stereotypes become meaningless as you take the time to actually get to know people. Everyone Alexia and Eleanor encounter has problems, which half excuse their oddness and make them deserve human decency and sympathy.
Most meaningfully, the story isn't about lesbian 'awakening' sexuality at all. It's about true friendship and the kind of love that transcends labels. Kate Lane's done a really great job at writing a story and directing a film that's worth more than any pigeonhole category.
I'd recommend this to anyone seeking a youth-oriented film that pushes barriers even as it retains a centre in universal morality and keeps to its core of entertaining and enlightening together.
