Kid Like Jake

Simply lovely...director Silas Howard, trans himself, elicits superb performances not just from the leads but from the crack cast of supports.
-- Leslie Felperin, Hollywood Reporter

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A Kid Like Jake

Brooklyn parents Alex (Claire Danes) and Greg (Jim Parsons) are lucky to have a kid like Jake. Their four-year-old is bright, precocious, creative—and just happens to prefer Disney princesses to toy cars and skirts to jeans. Jake's "gender expansive" behavior—as local preschool director Judy (Octavia Spencer) dubs it—is no big deal to Alex and Greg. Or so it seems, until the process of navigating New York City's hyper-competitive private school system opens up a parental quagmire: could Jake's gender nonconformity be just the thing that gives their child an edge in the admissions game? How young is too young to put a label on a child's identity? Is this just a phase, or is Jake truly transgender? Split in their opinions on how to handle the situation, Alex and Greg find themselves navigating an emotional and ethical minefield with one patch of common ground between them: their fierce desire to do what's right for Jake. Transparent director Silas Howard helms this timely, honest, emotionally rich look at 21st century parenting.
Not Rated
Genre
Drama, LGBT
Runtime
92
Language
English
Director
Silas Howard
Cast
Claire Danes, Jim Parsons, Priyanka Chopra, Octavia Spencer, Ann Dowd, Amy Landecker
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Emily Yoshida,New York Magazine/Vulture

The Sundance Film Festival is an eavesdropper’s dream for two main subjects: industry gossip and the private-school admissions scene in New York and Los Angeles. Pretty much everything I know about the difficulties of getting a privileged child into the kindergarten that will ensure a successful ...

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