Girl Inside

MetroWeekly.com – Review by Will O’Bryan

Date: Saturday, 10/18/2008, Time: 1:00 pm
Venue: Goethe-Institut, Tickets: Free, Type: Feature presentation
Metro Weekly Rating: starstarstarstar (4 out of 5), CRITIC’S PICK!

Girl Inside gets off to a slow, Trans 101 start — which is surprising, since filmmaker Maya Gallus plans to cover three years in 70 minutes. So we start with a transgender primer, presented in casual conversation between Madison, a Canadian trans-woman in her mid 20s who is transitioning, and her apple-martini-loving grandmother, Vivien.