Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard, Ben Whishaw
Director: Tom Hooper
Running Time: 119 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: January 1st 2016 (UK)

The idea of a film about Lili Elbe has been doing the rounds of Hollywood for years, but despite plenty of interest from well-known actors and directors, it never got off the ground, partly because the money men thought a period piece about transgender issues would be box office poison. However, trans issues suddenly hit the mainstream and the film got the go ahead.

It’s certainly arrived with a lot of fanfare, but the movie is so polite in a very British sort of way, that it will leave many feeling like they’ve appreciated it but aren’t totally satisfied. [Read more…]