Review of The Danish Girl (2015) by Alan W — 06 Jan 2016

The Danish Girl is a must see movie for a period/conflict/drama loving movie connoisseur such as myself. It expresses current issues in our world both apparent and transparent. The struggle that many peope deal with living a life in a body that doesn't match their mind, as well as the inability of many to live an honest life in which they are living as their true authentic selves.

Taking on the issues of transgender transformation- for it's time period it was a perfect and captivating piece. Dramatic acting no doubt, with many scenes filled with tears of mostly sadness and reality of a world that doesn't accept people not acting in their assigned gender roles.

Dramatic acting, yes, but all the same beautiful and necessary for such a subject still currently misunderstood and overlooked in today's world. What Eddie Redmayne shows us is what people need to see to understand this subject better.

People need to watch the footsteps a trans person has to go through to ultimately just feel like their true self. Alicia and Eddie shine in their roles as both husband and wife to each other, and through the passing of time in the movie they stay close by one another with their love unwavering, even through the changing of man to woman.

The natural procession of shock in the process of a person killing off their other identity has them apart from time to time in the film, but eventually their love for one another brings them back together.

It reminds you that no matter man or woman, what we all are is human. Regardless of gender, we fall in love with a person for their soul and who they are. It begs to ask the question, take away gender, and what do you see in a person? Thought provoking, full of messages, and filled with beautifully orchestrated background music, The Danish Girl is a girl you won't forget about.