Purely Joyful Movie!

A Major Disappointment

I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

I began to watch this film thinking that it would be about the usual prejudice and queer bashing.......What I realized is that it was a very touching drama about a post-op male to female transsexual and a former male schoolfriend. I thoroughly enjoyed this and have watched it 8 times in 3 days. It is so touching and tender and at the end, concentrates on the nice side of life. It makes me feel so humble.It has given me a lot to think about how I was maybe a little more judgemental than I thought I was.Brilliant acting.I have fallen for Rupert Graves, who plays the male schoolfriend,- I have visited his website and am going home to find the film, 'Damage', which I already have - and I have ordered 'Room With A View'.Rupert and Steven are such a brilliant actors. I can't believe that Steven Mackintosh, who played the very gentle and very ladylike, Kim, could be the same horrible guy who is 'The Street', thug and bullyboy from Prime Suspect 5.Both excellent main actors, as well as a well known supporting cast, which included Charlotte Coleman, (who has sadly since died, aged 33, from an asthma attack), Saskia Reeves, Miriam Margolyes and Neil Dudgeon.I have looked for the DVD on region 2 in this country, but I can only find it NTSC, Region 1.Can anyone help ?Enjoy,Best Wishes,Indigopussycat2. xx

I really enjoyed his film. I found it quite British in its humour(sarcastic) and overall enjoyable. The actors were superb Rupert Graves was first-class at playing Prentice, the charming toughie. And what can I say about Steven Mackintosh excellent performance, he played the difficult character Kim/Karl terrifically. I think this film deals with the issues of transexuality sensitively and carefully, but also allows the audience to see the character Kim, develop throughout the film. Heart-warming and full of compassion for people who do go through a life changing operation like Kim's.In general I would give this film 6/10 funny and charming.

The premise of this film is a good one - two boys are best friends at school and then on meeting later one of them has had a gender reassignment (Karl becomes Kim). How will his/her former friend react when they meet again?In a difficult role, Steven Mackintosh does surprisingly well as Kim (except for a nude scene which is distracting for all the wrong reasons - that's when they really needed a girl); while Rupert Graves struggles with his feelings as the usually bigoted Paul whose preconceptions are challenged.'Different for Girls' has a lot to say about society's attitude to hims who becomes hers (and vice versa, by implication) and almost succeeds in getting to a conclusion as valuable as films such as 'My Beautiful Laundrette' were to gay liberation. It isn't really anyone's fault that it falls short of expectations, and the fact that it was made at all gives us hope of an excellent movie on the same topic in the future.

Predictable like an unsalted Saltine, this movie takes what could have been a rich an entertaining story and creates an intriguing blend of indifference.Unsurprises meet us at every turn. Boy meets... uh, Girl. Boy loses Girl. Boy wins Girl story. The mere addition of a post-op TS does not make for a compelling movie. Add on top of that bland performances by the title characters with all the dynacism of a glass of prune juice. And the extraneous plot lines of their work, his girlfriend (wouldn't you have liked to see a confrontation here?) and her relationship with her sister's family are just as undeveloped, if not vacuous.Maybe this is a tour de force for post-ops everywhere, but it's really tour de flat.If not for the music, it would be among the worst movies I have ever seen. Two stars out of Ten.