Mjeteconer Just perfect...

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

brittleake One of the reasons I appreciate this film is that it doesn't trivialise an under-discussed issue, intersexuality, that lends itself well to stereotypes and simplifications. Instead of painting with a broad brush, the creators of XXY simply decided to tell a story of one person, and gave that story the care and treatment it deserved. It is a real balancing act to handle such a sensitive issue, but I feel that XXY succeeded in a way few other films could have. One of the most intriguing parts of the film in my view, however, has to be the budding romance between the protagonist, Alex, and Alvaro, the son of a surgeon who is friends with Alex's parents, that leaves them both confused. Both of them do not conform, in differing ways, to heteronormative standards of sex and sexuality, face rejection from those around them, and are unsure of their place in the world. Their relationship and the dynamics surrounding it make for a fascinating storyline that left me thinking for hours after I finished the film. The interplay of all elements at work here – shame, fear, but also self-discovery and an internal awakening – made me enjoy the film, even if it could be slow at times. The best adjective I can think of to describe this film is brooding. It is dark, (sometimes painfully) slow, and pensive. I can barely think of a film that made me ask so many questions while I was watching it, but I think the best question comes from the protagonist, Alex. When told by her parents that they would support her regardless of which choice she made regarding her gender, she responds "and what if I didn't have to choose anything?" It would be an understatement to say the film became rather slow at times, but overall I would highly recommend this film.

shoeihell I actually think this is one of the better inter-sex movies out there, even though I think it stalls somewhat on its own content. But what really irks me are reading reviews with verbiage like;patient, abnormality, defect, diagnoses and the like. This isn't about a 'medical disorder', but very possible another gender that defies traditional male/female definitions. Since there's always been sexual reassignment surgery with these people, many at birth, who's to say if left alone they wouldn't morph into happy, adjusted individuals that just form another non-traditional gender? I think if you watch this movie through non-traditional eyes, you will most likely get more from it. Alex makes the plea at one point;"Why do I have to be cut at all?" Yes indeed, why? Inter-sex people have been around since the beginning of the human race. The medical community traditionally has made these people lab rats, why don't we set them free?

nolonesometune Alex is an intersexed 15 year old that is reluctantly raised as a girl by parents who are torn between the freedom of choice and the fear of burdening their child. Alex is now at a pivotal point in life in which exploring and understanding sexuality, attraction, and love take precedence over deciding on a gender. There is a delicate sensibility in how the film allows time to develop other characters and validate their emotions; confusion, love, and suffering are the common threads that weave between the relationships of Alex and her parents, friends, and lovers. Set in Uruguay at the ocean's shore, the sound of the waves, the wind, and the grey-blue of the sky make for a moody feel that is beautifully captured. The way it is shot is not too stylized and instead supports the honest and simple portrayal of a real and hard story.

Armand Images, confusion, identity search, fear and seeds of different kind of love. A hermaphrodite and her family. And the others. A doctor and his family. Few days together.Conversation and shadows. And evening of words. A teenager, a girl and the people. Escapes as spider web and the travel to "normality". A poem. About a minority, essence of small lives, parents and children. Few slices about differences as roots of everything. Ines Efron as a strange Alex for who the life is field of obscure country. A question mark. A storm in temple. It is more than a film. It is analysis of desire of happiness. In basic , harsh words. A drama and rolls of silence. Behind definitions.