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Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman
The film defuses all preconceptions about the ''issues'' of transsexual identity to arrive at a place of tremulous human power.
Southern Chronicles (Pietinia Kronikas)
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- Lithuania
- 2025
- · 120m
Director
Ignas Miškinis
Cast
Džiugas Grinys,
Robertas Petraitis,
Digna Kulionytė,
Irena Sikorskytė,
Vaidilė Juozaitytė,
Rasa Samuolytė,
Matas Dirginčius,
Dovilė Šilkaitytė,
Algirdas Dainavičius,
Neringa Varnelytė
Genre
Comedy
Rimants is more interested in playing rugby, listening to music and dealing on the black market than studying for school, but when he falls in love with Monika, his faith in love and the future is tested.
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What are critics saying?
88
New York Post by Lou Lumenick
Less grim than it sounds, Southern Comfort ends on a note of triumph for its endearing, gender-bending hero.
80
Village Voice by Amy Taubin
Eads's wit, generosity, insight, and courage are irresistible.
80
Film.com by Sean Means
Works so beautifully because Davis doesn't try to turn Eads and his friends into walking soapboxes for transgendered people.
75
Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
This capably made HBO documentary takes an understated and compassionate look at a subject that is often sensationalized in other contexts.
70
TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox
Fascinating documentary.
70
The New York Times by A.O. Scott
Southern Comfort sent shock waves through this year's Sundance Film Festival, even though it is as much about generosity and courage and tolerance as it is about a potentially discomforting subject.
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