I randomly stumbled upon this title while sifting through the last of the queer movies I had not already seen. What hooked me however was that this was about a trans man, and as I too am transgender I just had to watch. The movie was really good in the beginning. Good set up, lots of queer characters which I loved, and I related to a lot of the fears and struggles of being trans... trying to hide your breasts under baggy clothing and binders, wearing clothes at all times, and fears of not being viewed as who you want to be viewed as. They were all very real and at times I just sobbed because it hit so close to home. I don't have many gripes with this movie, but I do have a couple... Firstly, when Lukas is trying to switch dorms to the mens dorm, he mentions to the man (counselor? Director? Manager?) that he has gender identity disorder. It could have just been the translation, but I think this was a really bad line to add into the movie as transness is not inherently a medical disorder and that could leave to misinterpretation about trans people. Also, I dont really like how they had Lukas' little sister out him as trans because that is just an abhorrent thing to do to anyone and often times in cinema they use that as an easy way out to describe how a character is queer without having to wait for the character to do it themselves. Lastly, Fabio's little anti-trans stint was such a weird addition and I dont think it was beneficial to the movie and the way it was just brushed aside like no big deal was slightly problematic, as well as how there was really no closure between Lukas and Ine. Overall though, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie and I just loved the atmosphere and the ending was just absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!! I cannot stress that enough!! :) Superb ending to a very nice movie.
Review of Romeos
