The entire premise is simple and you can deduce what will happen probably until the end (if you know the definition of XXY of course) but it's always interesnting to see what's the deal. The movie is rather confussing, since it feels so much like a film to give a message but, at the end, I was truly confused about the message whatsoever. She understood what she actually wanted at the end but she had to go through a terrible scenario first, to be calm with her ideas. But she never really had a lack of help, or no one to talk to. So it all felt like, she was getting kind of harrassed by her surrounding for not being clear of who she is. She suffers, the guy who she basically raped suffered, her best friend suffered, her parents suffered and overall, it lead to what seemed to be the most obvious decision. I get that it tries to make up for a posible scenario rather than a typical one, but it's hard to swallow. When it comes to filmmaking, the art of the film is the lightning. All important takes rely on how much lightning there is over the physical presence of the character in matter. It helps to decypher emotions that even tho feel obvious, they turn to be all the other way around. Acting is a passive success, with little matter to the characters' expressions and little significant dialogues to go through. The srcipt is catchy, and it's written realistically, which is something harder than what most think. So are the ways for people to express to adversities: Silent, not too aggressive due to the scenario they were trapped on. A complicated film but definitely appreciated watching, I might repeat it just to see how I handle the experience a second time, and maybe get to understand something I missed. A 7 does justice, for great technical work, an effective roller coaster of emotions, yet a film that at the end, felt empty and pointless for some reason.
