Overview
- Lionsgate releases the feature in U.S. theaters on November 7, marking Tommy Dorfman’s debut as a writer-director on a feature film.
- Corey Fogelmanis leads as Ben, a nonbinary 17‑year‑old rejected by religious parents and taken in by sister Hannah (Alexandra Daddario) and her husband Thomas (Cole Sprouse).
- Supporting turns include Lena Dunham as an art teacher who mentors Ben and Miles Gutierrez‑Riley as Nathan, a student who connects with the protagonist.
- Critics from outlets including RogerEbert.com commend the film’s tenderness and Fogelmanis’s performance, while Variety notes a too‑neat, wish‑fulfillment quality and underdeveloped internal conflict.
- Dorfman frames the project as inherently politicized due to its authorship and subject, Fogelmanis says it is scary to be trans or queer in the U.S., and the source novel has been a frequent target on banned‑book lists.