REAL BOY is the coming-of-age story of Bennett Wallace, a transgender teenager on a journey to find his voice-as a musician, a friend, a son, and a man. As he navigates the ups and downs of young adulthood, Bennett works to gain the love and support of his mother, who has deep misgivings about her child's transition. Along the way, he forges a powerful friendship with his idol, Joe Stevens, a celebrated transgender musician with his own demons to fight.
Real Boy has generally received mixed reviews.
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Real Boy was released in 2016 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 5 reviews, giving Real Boy (2016) an average rating of 59%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 90%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 83%.
With a score of 59%, Real Boy is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2016, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2016 with similar scores include films like Hail, Caesar!, Bastille Day and Brimstone.
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