
16-year-old Billie's reluctant path to independence is accelerated when her mother reveals plans to gender transition and their time together becomes limited to Tuesday afternoons.... (Full plot summary below)
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16-year-old Billie's reluctant path to independence is accelerated when her mother reveals plans to gender transition and their time together becomes limited to Tuesday afternoons.
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| VarietyGeoff BerkshireThe non-pro cast received their scenes one week at a time, and the choice lends their performances a compelling blend of discovery and authenticity. |
| Eye for FilmJennie KermodeThere are very few films out there about trans men (contributing to the misconception that they're rarer than trans women) and 52 Tuesdays handles this part of its subject matter with unusual grace. |
| Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyFull of touching moments even if its emotional rewards remain somewhat muted, 52 Tuesdays feels highly personal and is never less than absorbing or sincere in its depiction of a non-traditional family navigating difficult changes. |
| Montreal GazetteT'Cha DunlevyAdd it all up and you get an unconventional coming-of-age flick that creeps up on you, winning you over while slipping in all kinds of commentary on transgender life on the sly. |
| Time OutTrevor JohnstonFirst-time director Sophie Hyde’s mazy, impulsive but sympathetic approach is always true to her characters’ exasperating but ultimately affecting pathway towards hard-earned self knowledge. |
| Times (UK)Wendy IdeFormally playful and thematically complex. |
| Kill Your DarlingsRochelle SiemienowiczThe desire to look - at others and at oneself - is taken for granted as a natural and healthy one in 52 Tuesdays. |
| OverlandTara Judah52 Tuesdays brought honesty to the screen. |
| The Arts DeskTom BirchenoughHyde and her screenwriter Matthew Cormack tackle all this with persuasive confidence, conveying subtly, and with periodic comedy, |
| At the Movies (Australia)Margaret PomeranzI think all the performances in this are terrific except for one and there is one character in this that doesn't work for me at all. |