"When Ben tells his parents, (Amy Landecker and Judson Mills), that he wants to talk to them about something-being non-binary-a door is heard being slammed. Ben is next seen barefoot and crying outside. Having been thrown out of his home, he calls his estranged sister, Hannah (Alexandra Daddario), in Raleigh, who takes him in. Her husband, Thomas (Cole Sprouse), helps Ben get settled in a new school, where he meets Nathan (Miles Guttierez-Riley), whom he learns is bi."
"Dorfman focuses on Ben as he grapples with his overwhelming feelings. He says he can't be himself-in part because he doesn't know who he is-and because he thinks he does not fit in. (Fortunately, Nathan's friends' group is very accepting.) As Ben slowly changes his clothes from sad hoodies to more feminine garb, or tries out they/them pronouns, they blossom, and Fogelmanis' sensitive performance makes this growth credible."
Ben, a non-binary teenager, is thrown out after telling his parents and appears barefoot and crying until his estranged sister Hannah in Raleigh takes him in. Hannah's husband Thomas helps Ben enroll in a new school where Ben meets Nathan, a bi student, and connects with art teacher Ms. Lyons, who encourages visual and verbal expression through classroom sessions that double as therapy. Ben struggles with identity, guilt toward his parents, and insecurity about deserving happiness. As Ben experiments with clothing and they/them pronouns, Ben gradually blossoms, with Corey Fogelmanis delivering a sensitive performance.
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