Just Charlie

I first became familiar with Gilby while watching "Tolkien" where Gilby plays the young JRR Tolkien. To say that Gilby is stunningly good looking, even pretty, is putting it mildly. He also is quite charming.

I opted to watch "Just Charlie" after seeing Gilby in "Tolkien". As a gay man who came out 52 years ago, I was curiouis. Not being fully familiar with the central them of "Just Charlie", I was at first surprised. At one point I considered simply not continuing to watch the movie. But, my inner voice said "give it a chance".

Gilby's portrayal of a teen transsexual, MTF (male to female) is superbly acted / played. Our world continues to be challenged with the widening diversity of the human experience. Being "locked into" a body that is the wrong gender for that body must be extremely challenging and even threatening.

Gilby gets five gold stars for his performance. I gave it eight.

There is a lot to like in this spunky English film about the T in LGBT. And while there are all of the tropes you've seen so many times, there is enough that is different that keeps the movie from sinking.

A majority of the acting is ho-hum, but the actor who plays Charlie does break out quite a bit. Also fascinating is their best mate.

The main thing this film has is a whole range of reactions to the realities of What Charlie is declaring to the world. That's invaluable because viewers can pick out who they see themselves as and also why they may ought to become someone else.

This movie I presume gets an R rating for language and that's a shame considering the audience who needs to see it. Teens.

I didn't know what to expect from this but I found it to be a very sensitive, well-told story. The film is keen on small little details and it's very concerned with exploring the perceptions and reactions of the people around you throughout an experience like this. There is one very manipulative, cheap shot at the end (you'll see it when you get to it) that served no purpose and put a bitter taste in my mouth, but aside from that careless and shockingly contrived scene the rest of the film is very good.

This seem in very realistic. Didn't try to Sugarcoat anything. The characters, character development, storyline, plot line acting were all really good. There was a lot of drama, sadness, happiness, to keep the story entertaining. This movie does talk about a child who is transgender. There also soccer being talked about. Overall I think the story does a pretty good good on the topic of what it like to be transgender and go through it and what it can do to your friends and family. I think it a good watch.

This is one of those movies that I saw on streaming without ever having heard of it. I am so glad I watched it. The story is believable and I found the acting superb. This certainly deserves a higher rating than its current 6.9: please don't tell me people rate this movie so low because of transphobia.

Knowing a transgender person myself, I think the feelings portrayed in this movie are absolutely realistic. As are some of the shocking (and fortunately sometimes heartwarming) reactions by people. Oh how I wish every child and every parent saw this movie.