The Danish Girl

"So good! Beautiful movie "

"Beautiful movie but also sad. #lgbtq #drama #basedonatruestory "

"I saw this a few years ago, and I remember it being a really good movie! it only gets four stars purely because Eddie Redmayne is not a trans woman, and I personally think that trans people ought to play trans characters - those characters have been in film for a while, but it's been cis people playing them (ex. Jared Leto in "Dallas Buyers Club"). obvi, acting isn't reality though, and no one should be gatekept from characters or genres, but it would be nice to see more trans rep, especially in films with trans characters."

"I was heartbroken for the wife "

"Absolutely beautiful movie with incredible acting and a powerful storyline. "

"A beautiful movie about gender and nonconformity during the 1920s."

"This film was of a sensitive subject matter, especially for that time period, but beautifully acted by its stars, Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander."

"Excruciatingly painful for the soul, beautiful and inspiring, but just you will feel just like Lily; a wholesomeness and closure you've always needed. Regardless of gender and identity. A forewarning though, you will want to cry but it gets stuck. It's the awful kind of heartache where you don't cry enough or let it out, no matter how bad it hurts. The perspective you gain, and from Eddie Redmayne's stunning performance, makes this a film you can't ever miss. It's on Netflix, it demands to be seen and loved and treasured forever. I can't recover from it, I'm madly in love. "

"To see Eddie Redmayne's transformation and how Alicia Vikander"s character stood by her/him through the whole process was awe inspiring. It is even more so when you realize they are portraying real people and what they went through. "

"A beautiful movie that rings somewhat false. The main character is played by an actor who is not trans, and sometimes when he's playing as a woman it just rings a little false and falls off the mark. Yes, there are emotions being portrayed, and the actor naturally has a somewhat melancholy face which makes it more realistic, but it felt like he was imitating what he was supposed to since that's what others who went through it did rather than actually relating to the character (as if he studied videos or stories of what other people were like when they transitioned, and then tried to make it his own thing and portray similar emotions like a copycat). Which I believe can make a difference in movies like this where the main character goes through something undefinably personal. He was very expressive of what emotions generally happen, and he did his best to portray them tastefully, which works in his favor to still somewhat respect the themes. He was bold to try this role, even if the shoes didn't fit. What strikes it down for me though is that I blame the people who made the decision to cast someone who is not a member of the minority group the movie represents, specifically when the main character is a member of that minority community. This is compounded by the fact that mainstream TV and movies were quite publicly making the switch to hiring actors who fit the script (in terms of like the cast actually matching the ethnicity or race or sexuality and *clears throat in Caucasian* specifically not always a white American who doesn't respect the culture/history/ECT) well before this movie was filmed. In general LGBTQIA+ had been undergoing a change in how it was portrayed in media; the community had an issue with a number of things that were going on. (Like the Bury Your Gays trope, for one, which was another big push for change around this time.) At the end of the day, it's still worth a watch."