It's almost hard to come to a complete conclusion of whether I like this film or not. But I will say it's very strange.
The movie I think was supposed to be somewhere near a comedy, mixed in with a serious message of values and judging others wrongly. It's heartbreaking to see a "fat" lady that everyone is ashamed to associate with due to her size. And then Bruno who is "weird" and again everyone is ashamed of him because of his different behaviour. The movie picked a very lovable character to portray Bruno, so you can't help but love him, no matter who he is. But, the story gets very strange. Bruno who is very little, who doesn't know how to stand up for himself, AND who thinks wearing dresses will give him divine power to be able to spell words, conquers the heart of everyone into acceptance. Bruno states that he doesn't want to be a girl, he just needs the power of the dress. And yet everyone see's it as a transgender drag thing. But isn't that a little far fetched? A genius kid who needs to wear dresses to get his genius mojo on?
All in all, I like the message of the movie. It really hits home and pricks at the heart strings, But i didn't like the way the movie went about to explain it. It just made the movie weird and hard to follow at times. Not to mention the filming is quite lower standard. But makes up with a well picked cast. The comedy feels vary quirky and subtle, that its makes you role your eyes at the cheesiness of it.
Definitely a lower budget film with a great message, but a story outside of the normal box.
The movie I think was supposed to be somewhere near a comedy, mixed in with a serious message of values and judging others wrongly. It's heartbreaking to see a "fat" lady that everyone is ashamed to associate with due to her size. And then Bruno who is "weird" and again everyone is ashamed of him because of his different behaviour. The movie picked a very lovable character to portray Bruno, so you can't help but love him, no matter who he is. But, the story gets very strange. Bruno who is very little, who doesn't know how to stand up for himself, AND who thinks wearing dresses will give him divine power to be able to spell words, conquers the heart of everyone into acceptance. Bruno states that he doesn't want to be a girl, he just needs the power of the dress. And yet everyone see's it as a transgender drag thing. But isn't that a little far fetched? A genius kid who needs to wear dresses to get his genius mojo on?
All in all, I like the message of the movie. It really hits home and pricks at the heart strings, But i didn't like the way the movie went about to explain it. It just made the movie weird and hard to follow at times. Not to mention the filming is quite lower standard. But makes up with a well picked cast. The comedy feels vary quirky and subtle, that its makes you role your eyes at the cheesiness of it.
Definitely a lower budget film with a great message, but a story outside of the normal box.