100 Movie Challenge 2017 - # 42: About Ray

Director: Gaby Delal
Genre: Drama/ Comedy
Runtime: 87 minutes
Year: 2015
Starring: Naomi Watts, Elle Fanning, Susan Sarandon, Tate Donovan

Description: After Ray (Elle Fanning) decides to transition from female to male, Ray's mother, Maggie (Naomi Watts), must come to terms with the decision while tracking down Ray's biological father to get his legal consent.

Review: Worldwide acceptance maybe a long way, but transsexuality reaches a bigger audience nowadays.
In “About Ray” Elle Fanning plays Ramona, Ray. She is sixteen and wants to make the transition from girl to boy, because she always felt more like a boy. Fanning’s performance is really strong. For the testosterone therapy Ray has to go through, she needs consent from both of her parents. But Ray’s father left the family when she was just a baby. Mother Maggie wants the best for Ray, but why does she need to dig up the past.
“About Ray” is a charming drama with little hints of comedy here and there. The cast does a great job, but the film overall never manages to convince completely.

Rating: 3/ 5

Movie Trailer Sunday (203)

Here are this weeks trailers.

About Ray

Description: After Ray (Elle Fanning) decides to transition from female to male, Ray's mother, Maggie (Naomi Watts), must come to terms with the decision while tracking down Ray's biological father to get his legal consent.

Director: Gaby Dellal

Starring: Elle Fanning, Naomi Watts, Susan Sarandon, Tate Donovan

Trailer: Trailer "About Ray"

Comment: Can't wait to see this, it looks amazing!

Secret in Their Eyes

Description: A tight-knit team of FBI investigators, along with their District Attorney supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered.

Director: Billy Ray

Starring: Julia Roberts, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, Dean Norris

Trailer: Trailer "Secret in Their Eyes"

Comment: No one can stop her!

Miss You Already

Description: The friendship between two life-long girlfriends (Toni Collette and, Drew Barrymore) is put to the test when one starts a family and the other falls ill.

Director: Catherine Hardwicke

Starring: Drew Barrymore, Toni Collette, Paddy Considine, Dominic Cooper

Trailer: Trailer "Miss You Already"

Comment: Love Toni Collette!

The Danish Girl

Description: The remarkable love story inspired by the lives of artists Lili Elbe (Eddie Redmayne) and Gerda Wegener Alicia Vikander). Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

Director: Tom Hooper

Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ben Wishaw, Sebastian Koch

Trailer: Trailer "The Danish Girl"

Comment: Looks stunning.

The Lobster

Description: In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos

Starring: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, John C. Reilly, Léa Seydoux, Ben Wishaw

Trailer: Trailer "The Lobster"

Comment: I really, really, really, want to see this!