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“Following our previous movie with my filmclub which was seriously heartbreaking, we watched another movie which wasn’t really easier to swallow. It doesn’t mean that it was bad, though, in the contrary. Basically, it was a hyper minimalist drama with only one room and four characters. So, there ” read more
Notes: First of all, I have to admit that I had never heard of Lacey/Leo Baker before watching this movie but his journey definitely turned out to be quite amazing. I mean, if nothing else, it does show how urgent it is for a trans person to go through their transition if a top athlete decides to let got of the most prestigious competition in the world to focus instead on this process. In this case, it was even more historical since it was the first time ever that skateboarding was included in the Olympic Games. But it was something made crystal clear in this movie, Baker was going through hell during his 14 years career as he was constantly handled as a girl, as a female skateboarder, which was something going completely against who he actually was. Even for a supposedly ‘cool’ sport like skateboarding, it does seem to be a major issue but can you imagine how it must be in the more mainstream sports? For example, in football (or soccer), it is extremely rare that a professional player will come out as gay. Furthermore, even after leaving the competition, Leo still managed to keep skateboarding probably in a much more satisfying way and such opportunities would probably not be available in many other sports. Still, it doesn’t diminish the fact that his journey was just so impressive and so inspiring. I mean, at some point, he was one of the best female skateboarders in the world and, even if he might have hated this label, the pressure coming from everywhere to keep delivering whatever they were asking for was just huge. 
“To be honest, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick but, after reading the review on Indiewire, I thought I might as well check it out. First of all, I have to admit that I had never heard of Lacey/Leo Baker before watching this movie but his journey definitely turned out to be quite amazin” read more
“To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but since there was a decent cast involved and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, after the rather weak ‘Daddy’s Home’ and ‘Daddy’s Home 2’, I have to admit that Sean Anders and Mark Wah” read more
“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since the trailers looked pretty cool, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, even though it was rather poorly received by the critics and even though it will probably be a flop at the box-office, I thought the damned thi” read more
“I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a decent cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. When I was a kid, I really loved Laurel and Hardy but I have to admit that, for a couple of decades, I hadn’t watch any of their movies. However, about 6 months” read more
