No Ordinary Man is an in-depth look at the life of musician and trans culture icon Billy Tipton. Complicated, beautiful and historically unrivaled, this groundbreaking film shows what is possible when a community collaborates to honor the legacy of an unlikely hero.... (Full plot summary below)
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No Ordinary Man is an in-depth look at the life of musician and trans culture icon Billy Tipton. Complicated, beautiful and historically unrivaled, this groundbreaking film shows what is possible when a community collaborates to honor the legacy of an unlikely hero.
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| The Film StageOrla SmithNo Ordinary Man is ultimately a melancholy look at how far things have or have not come for trans people since Billy Tipton’s death. |
| The New YorkerRichard BrodyNo Ordinary Man challenges the very basis of cultural production, eschewing the familiar accumulation of biographical and historical information and instead questioning the process by which such information is gathered. |
| TheWrapElizabeth WeitzmanA fascinating deconstruction of history, culture, and identity, No Ordinary Man raises so many crucial questions — and answers them so thoughtfully — that it moves beyond entertainment into the realm of essential text. It belongs, equally, in theaters, streaming queues, and classrooms. |
| Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinThis is a compelling, often profound film, one that creatively surmounts its inherent limitations and shines a vital and heartfelt light on being transgender. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerTender, topical and well-crafted, No Ordinary Man is no ordinary film. |
| RogerEbert.comCarlos AguilarCo-directors Aisling Chin-Yee and Chase Joynt exalt the professional and personal life of Jazz musician Billy Tipton in No Ordinary Man, and avoid simplification of the trans masculine experience. |
| The New York TimesTeo BugbeeThis is a respectful tribute that is a shade too morally and cinematically safe in its execution. |
| San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonThere’s one big problem about No Ordinary Man: The Billy Tipton Documentary: It’s not really about Billy Tipton. Instead, it’s about how transgender representation is perceived in the media, chiefly between 1989, when Tipton died, and current times. |
