Boy Meets Girl is a romantic comedy with a twist--the girl, Ricky, is trans-gender, and in the current age this creates complications. Ricky has had many boyfriends, but her best platonic friend, Robby, appears to be a strictly straight car mechanic. Robby is completely comfortable with her sexuality, and their frank talk is often hilarious. Enter Francesca, an attractive local débutant, and Robby sort of dares Ricky to try it with a girl. Francesca is engaged to a marine in Afghanistan and seems an unlikely candidate for such a romance, but a meeting in a coffee shop (Ricky is a barista) seems to trigger some chemistry, and the movie is off to the races. It soon develops into something more.
Boy Meets Girl is a flat-out amazing movie. Director Eric Schaeffer is out to create a very genuine piece of art about love in the modern age, and he does just that. It is completely new--I just can't remember a trans-gender lead of this type before. And what a lead! Actress Michelle Hendley, who is trans-gender herself, unquestionably draws on her own experience, but on the other hand creates a character that is so sympathetic and true to life that we get really caught up in everything that happens to her. And because it is all new, it is wildly unpredictable and therefore completely engrossing. It should also be said that her performance is tremendously courageous, as she "outs" herself and her own situation in some very intimate and profound ways. It is an amazing performance.
What you get is a movie that is novel, unpredictable and entertaining. The emotions run high also, especially if you have ever been the person who just didn't fit in.
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