Small coastal towns are arguably an overused setting for the kind of drama that deals with family secrets, but in this instance it’s very apt. The vast differences in the mating habits of sea creatures provide a contrast for their land-based counterpart, in a place where we’re defined from a young age by our gender. What then of Alex, age fifteen, hermaphrodite?
XXY is an uncompromising study of a youth on the fringes of society. It’s a coming of age story for Alex (Inés Efron), but it’s also the story of a father who wants the best for his child while living with a problem that he doesn't understand. But maybe it’s only a problem if you turn it into one?
3½ migrations out of 5
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