I wouldn't like to include spoilers, but what follows may give you some hints. Sorry.
Some questions that may help you choose to watch this movie or not -especially when you haven't seen the trailers before (as is usually my case): - Are you open minded enough? - Are you able to feel empathy with any confused human being? - Do you think that, when facing a choice, you may choose and you may not choose at all?
XXY depicts a universal part of our lives: the discovery of our own sexuality. What's so particular here is that Alex is given more choices, and none falls into any categorization whatsoever. I mean, she/he may not be homosexual if she/he chooses girls as her/his primary object of desire. She/he may also choose men, and she/he wouldn't be gay at all!
There are some shocking scenes (don't choose this movie for a romantic evening!), nothing unbearable for an open-minded viewer. In fact, you'll see them with a smile if you don't expect them. You'll say "of course, Alex is really able to do that... I hadn't noticed!".
And the ending is, in my personal point of view, exactly the way that situation may be resolved. May be complex for many people, but for me it's just perfect.
Technically, sound is extremely awful. It reminds me of the movies Lucía Puenzo's father used to do: back in the eighties, most Argentinean movies had a really bad sound treatment. Maybe her father paid some assistance in that topic... being Argentine myself, I left subtitles on just in case I missed something. And they proved to be very helpful. The set up is pretty "fairy-taley" for my taste: it makes you feel characters like Alex are only allowed to exist, isolated, in remote, far far away places. It resembles, somewhat, to Pan's Labyrinth's atmosphere (it's just a resemblance, XXY has nothing to do with Pan's Labyrinth... don't go and watch it after XXY). I don't mean this story should be located inside a metropolitan environment, but suburban at least. Would help us see Alex just like the girl/boy next door.
XXY is a pleasant and moving experience. I hope you all enjoy it as I did.
Some questions that may help you choose to watch this movie or not -especially when you haven't seen the trailers before (as is usually my case): - Are you open minded enough? - Are you able to feel empathy with any confused human being? - Do you think that, when facing a choice, you may choose and you may not choose at all?
XXY depicts a universal part of our lives: the discovery of our own sexuality. What's so particular here is that Alex is given more choices, and none falls into any categorization whatsoever. I mean, she/he may not be homosexual if she/he chooses girls as her/his primary object of desire. She/he may also choose men, and she/he wouldn't be gay at all!
There are some shocking scenes (don't choose this movie for a romantic evening!), nothing unbearable for an open-minded viewer. In fact, you'll see them with a smile if you don't expect them. You'll say "of course, Alex is really able to do that... I hadn't noticed!".
And the ending is, in my personal point of view, exactly the way that situation may be resolved. May be complex for many people, but for me it's just perfect.
Technically, sound is extremely awful. It reminds me of the movies Lucía Puenzo's father used to do: back in the eighties, most Argentinean movies had a really bad sound treatment. Maybe her father paid some assistance in that topic... being Argentine myself, I left subtitles on just in case I missed something. And they proved to be very helpful. The set up is pretty "fairy-taley" for my taste: it makes you feel characters like Alex are only allowed to exist, isolated, in remote, far far away places. It resembles, somewhat, to Pan's Labyrinth's atmosphere (it's just a resemblance, XXY has nothing to do with Pan's Labyrinth... don't go and watch it after XXY). I don't mean this story should be located inside a metropolitan environment, but suburban at least. Would help us see Alex just like the girl/boy next door.
XXY is a pleasant and moving experience. I hope you all enjoy it as I did.