50
A familiar feel-good story told through an unseen perspective, Anything’s Possible is an overdue inclusion of trans youth in the celebratory innocence of the coming-of-age genre.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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Paste Magazine by Amy Amatangelo
While never didactic or patronizing, the movie should expand the horizons of some viewers and be validating for others who may see themselves on screen. But to be successful, the movie also has to be entertaining. And Anything’s Possible is.
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Arizona Republic by Bill Goodykoontz
Certainly Anything’s Possible is a welcome unique entry into the high-school romance genre, with representation playing an important part. It’s not as deep or as deeply felt as it might have been, but at least it’s a start.
50
If only Anything’s Possible had been content to depict this relationship in all its newness onscreen without burdening these two appealing characters with a pile-on of issues more suited to a newspaper editorial than a narrative feature.
60
The New York Times by Kyle Turner
Unlike its lead characters, Anything’s Possible never quite figures out if it wants to be distinctive or just another kid at school.
75
Anything’s Possible may be flawed for what it fails to fully develop around the edges of its story, but the central relationship that holds the film together is so compelling that the rest hardly matters.
50
It’s topical, but it settles nothing, informative and sensitive in its representations, cute but never cute enough.