A fourteen year old J, who lives with his family in Chicago and goes by the pronoun 'they' , after identifying his gender, he takes a hormone to postpone puberty. After two years of therapy, he has to make a decision during the weekend about whether or not to transition.
Featuring a doggedly pretentious style, "They" also includes clunky scripting, with every conversational exchange coming across as a didactic information dump recited by actors rather than a natural chat between actual people.
Though Ghazvinizadeh's voice is wholly her own, Kiarostami's influence is all over They. And if you're going to borrow from someone, one of the most singular filmmakers of the last 50 years isn't a bad place to start.
