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Dee Rees astonishes with this moving, visceral film. Avoiding the coming-of-age movie trap where teenagers talk like adults and adults behave like teenagers, Rees has written characters that are unmistakably genuine. Alike knows she is a lesbian but is unable to come out to her religious mother or even her supportive father. She leaves her house every day in the girl-chic outfits that her mother buys for her, only to immediately change when she gets to school into the tomboy-ish clothes that she feels comfortable in. As if this double life isn't stressful enough, Alike has to deal with her out-and-proud best friend Laura, whose affinity for gay nightclubs and campaign to find Alike a girlfriend causes even more strife between Alike and her mother. If Alike receives no support from her mother and isn't quite ready for the lifestyle that Laura enjoys, where can she turn?
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