It was a nice try and such a good intention shedding a light on sexual identity in childhood. The topic itself is specific, but if it is stretched to confused state of identity, it can be universal and applicable. The way the director tells the story is a little bit boring but relaxed, natural, and introspective. However, all the events happening after the revelation are not fair to Laure and the audience. I was appalled by how mom treats this matter so lightly, how friends bully and harass Laure after revelation, and especially how the movie sketches those behaviors as okay. Also, Sciamma wraps up the movie hastily at the ending while she drags on the middle part of Laure wanting to be a boy. She fails to pace the whole movie efficiently.
Review of Tomboy
