This movie has some very touching moments but it tries far too hard to make a point rather then allow the story and characters to develop on their own. By the end you wonder if you have been watching an educational film commissioned by PFLAG or some other self-help group for gay people.
It was made two years after the release of Lukas Moodysson's astonishing "Show me Love" which also deals with a love affair between two teenage girls of different social backgrounds, the homophobic behaviour of classmates and the reaction of the seemingly liberal and supportive parents of one of the girls. I wonder if the director was aware of Moodysson's work? I fear this film suffers badly by comparison.
It was made two years after the release of Lukas Moodysson's astonishing "Show me Love" which also deals with a love affair between two teenage girls of different social backgrounds, the homophobic behaviour of classmates and the reaction of the seemingly liberal and supportive parents of one of the girls. I wonder if the director was aware of Moodysson's work? I fear this film suffers badly by comparison.