Brilliant and touching

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

My Life in Pink is a french drama of a 7 year old boy named Ludovic who wishes to be a girl, henceforth decides to dress and act like one, but his actions begin to slowly anger the citizens of the conservative neighborhood they live in, and the problems begin.A film that takes a rarely touched upon subject and treats it with care and gravity. Filming it in such a way that you are experiencing the events through the eyes of Ludovic, you grow a care for the child, because he is so innocent and sincere that you can't help but feel bad or angry at the people berating and punishing him all throughout the story.Ludovic's parents had a difficult role as they try to control and take away something that is slowly but surely beginning to affect their normal lives as well. Their acting is just fantastic, and they were written very well, and while the film revolves around Ludovic, the stars of the film are his parents IMO. Props to Michèle Laroque and Jean- Philippe Écoffey.With a well executed drama, the film also has very subtle symbolism on religion and social norms that i feel should be noted, as it gives an extra sense of value to the film, especially since the filmmakers didn't make the symbolism obvious and in your face.The only thing i can say i didn't like was the ending, while the whole scene felt mostly metaphorical, and it's possible i missed something, i can't help but feel it was forced and poorly handled to have a happy ending. but that is only one small part of an otherwise good drama. If you enjoy, heartfelt, social dramas i feel you may enjoy the film.

**spoiler alert**This movie very accurately portrayed what its like growing up with a feminine gender expression, while having been coercively assigned male at birth. Having yet to experience years of sexual harassment and bullying, Ludovic's simple straightforward insistence that she is a girl is heartfelt and unassuming. She sees no danger with dressing in the clothes her sister gets to wear, pretending to be a bride, or telling her new friends she'll be a girl someday. But sadly, it seems everyone else in the film wants to strip that internal confidence from Ludovic. Her parents bully her so much, culminating in physical abuse, as well as Ludo's mother holding her down and cutting her hair. All this causes poor Ludo to attempt suicide and move out of her parents house, because her family hates and blames her. At age seven.The scenes with the father were difficult to watch...scary men shouldn't have a place in a young trans girl's life. I had to stop the movie and watch over two nights. It was like living with my father again.. so, really good directing, I guess. Not a happy ending, either. As far as I can tell, Ludo has hidden her feminine activities for fear of her parents reactions. When offered feminine clothing, Ludo's face lights up, and then quickly darkens in fear (excellent acting!). Ludo's fears are confirmed, as she is hit across the face multiple times and strangled by her mother. Mere MINUTES after the abuse, Ludo's mother says "You can wear whatever you want".....Are we supposed to believe that statement? Are we supposed to believe that an abuser has stopped abusing, with no treatment? It's clear that Ludo can never return to that innocent age of childhood, where gender expression was simply "what I want to do".Ludo entered into the transgender world of adults at the age of seven, learning that feminine gender expression can make you a target of sexual violence, even from your own parents. This is a movie that does not act as a role model for how to accept trans children in your community. This is not a feel-good family movie comedy. This movie shows what children with atypical gender expression go through right now, every day.

Not just a 'weepie' but a heaving-shoulder sobfest. I watched this at The Swiss House near Leicester Square, which is quite a small intimate cinema. I was there on my own, admittedly being a sad git and the house was packed; a fair proportion of whom were gay couples. I go to the cinema a helluva lot and on the Audience Reaction Richter scale this film was a force ten with warnings. It wasn't just the whole gender identity thing which was palpable and heart-wrenching but the powerful evocations of all childhood miseries that choked me up... Like the first day at my new school realising I was the only person wearing a homemade uniform (sorry mum but this has scarred me for life). At the Swiss House, the audience have to take a lift down to the exit and strangers were literally hugging each other because we all knew we had been crying our bloody eyes out unashamedly. I completely ruined my favourite scarf blowing my nose and wiping my mascara off my sodden face. This film just touches a raw emotional inner place so bloody beautifully..Formidable!!

The subject matter of this wonderful film (parents' reaction to their suspicions they may have a gay child) is sadly still a controversial topic. The parents of the 7 year-old hero respond erratically to the ever mounting pile of evidence, at times supportive, at times down-playing, then again aggressively trying to "fight" this non-sense in their son's head.The stereotypes of the "bent", as well as the extreme "opposers" (parents unanimously signing petitions to expel the boy from his school - unanimously???? WOW!), neighbors (who seem to be hiding "secrets" of their own) are vivid, and hopefully strongly exaggerated. To see a 7 year old "hide" in a freezer is a frightening sign that children feel so desperately "out-of-place" in the world that seems to not want them in it.The fantasy element of "Pam", a "Barbie-Doll-like" fictional character, serves as an escape for the boy who wishes to be a girl. When the family feels forced to leave their home (after Dad got fired - we wonder how that happened??) for a distant new place, all seems well until our hero is "caught" swapping party costumes with a girl. The boy's furious mother didn't realize that the little girl was the one who fancied the masculine costume the boy was wearing.At the end there is hope for a happy future for everyone. Unfortunately the parents (who should have known better from the start) took a dangerously long time to figure out what's right. They promised to love their son unconditionally, no matter what.This film is filled with magic and wonder and should be seen by all audiences. An R-Rating is absolutely ridiculous! Elementary schools should make this film mandatory viewing. There is not a single scene in this entire film that would warrant even a PG-13. Who rated this film, anyway - Jerry Falwell? I highly recommend this film to those with an open mind, and especially to those without.