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  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 26 m
XXY

Summary For just about everybody, adolescence means having to confront a number of choices and life decisions, but rarely any as monumental as the one facing 15-year-old Alex, who was born an intersex child. As Alex begins to explore her sexuality, her mother invites friends from Buenos Aires to come for a visit at their house on the gorgeous Ur...

Directed By: Lucía Puenzo

Written By: Sergio Bizzio, Lucía Puenzo

  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 26 m

XXY

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
67
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 13 User Ratings
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Summary For just about everybody, adolescence means having to confront a number of choices and life decisions, but rarely any as monumental as the one facing 15-year-old Alex, who was born an intersex child. As Alex begins to explore her sexuality, her mother invites friends from Buenos Aires to come for a visit at their house on the gorgeous Ur...

Directed By: Lucía Puenzo

Written By: Sergio Bizzio, Lucía Puenzo

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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80% Positive
12 Reviews
13% Mixed
2 Reviews
7% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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7% Negative
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As finely crafted as a great work of literature.
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The word "hermaphrodite" is never actually uttered, for instance, and the whole topic is revealed obliquely, mostly through the puzzled eyes of Alvaro. Most impressively, a tale that could have been handled with condescending simplicity becomes a testament to the flawed but noble humanity of both parents and children.
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8% Negative
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75
Efron's remarkable performance as a wild child who seems to truly exist somewhere betwixt and between is riveting.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
70
XXY is, in the best possible sense of the word, an awkward film.
By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW
70
Picture has more in common with standard child-parent conflict dramas than it would probably care to admit, but its sensitive treatment of an equally sensitive theme elevates it into something memorable.
By Jonathan Holland FULL REVIEW
50
It's set at a beach house, but we see only gray skies, and though Efron has a wary and cutting intelligence (it matches that of the fine actor Ricardo Darin, who plays her father), the effect is tepid and damp.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
30
The genitally ambiguous as well as transsexuals and gay people deserve more than XXY's good intentions.
By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Historias Cinematograficas, Wanda Visión S.A., Pyramide Productions, Ministerio de Cultura, Cinéfondation, Fonds Sud
Release Date May 2, 2008
Duration 1 h 26 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline El sexo nos hace hombres y mujeres. O las dos cosas.
Website http://www.myspace.com/xxymovie
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Awards

Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
• 3 Wins & 8 Nominations
Clarín Entertainment Awards
• 5 Wins & 6 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 5 Nominations

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