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  Review by delphine 1

  maybe the real mom is the gay sex we had along the way

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  Review by Roger Dilbert ★★★½ 2

  *geologist voice*

  “Hm yes lube waterfall i presume”

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  Review by Reyzando Nawara ★★★★ 1

  TIFF 2021 #10
  

  You act angry all the time, and maybe you are. But you have a big heart. You care more than anyone I know.

  wow. just wow. went in blind and ended up loving every second of it. uses the tropes of coming-of-age road movie to tell a tender story of discovering sexuality and reconnecting with nature and heritage. has a lovely depiction of Mi'kmaq culture, and the lead is crazy good! also, that ending 😭

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  Review by Matt Neglia ★★★½

  WILDHOOD is an earnest & wholly distinctive (thanks to the focus on Mi’kmaw culture) LGBT, coming of age, road movie. Found myself fully invested in the moving story & honest performances. Also really loved the smooth editing & tender touch Director Bretten Hannam brought to it.

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  Review by Sara Clements ★★★★

  My heart has been all warm and fuzzy since watching Wildhood last night. The hidden gem of TIFF. A beautiful journey of discovering one’s identity and sexuality. A film about love, brotherhood and freedom along the gorgeous Canadian countryside.

  TIFF #28

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  Review by Chloë

  More 👏 Indiginous 👏 Stories 👏On 👏The👏Big👏Sceen👏Please👏

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  Review by B E R T ★★★★

  I’ve been lucky to see some really sweet and unassuming gay films recently, this is another to add to the list. It wears its heart on its sleeve, very sensitive and sentimental and quite sexy towards the end I must say, that scene in the rain. 😏😏😏

  A nice story, told well with some lovely, gorgeous actors. Would make a great Canadian gay double feature with Giant Little Ones.

  That's So Gay List

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  Review by Kyle Bumpers ★★★½

  This was really close to a 4/5, but I’m just not sure I will ever be dying to revisit it. Wildhood was frequently clichéd which did make it less successful to me at times. The story felt a little messy and relied too much on toxicity for my liking. It had too much boiling over, explosive arguments contributing to this familiar feeling. However, where it excelled was in its tenderness and intimacy. Sometimes this creeped towards uncomfortable amounts of intimacy, which made it more realistic in my opinion. This aspect makes this film relatable since so many people, including myself, crave that feeling. It was also beautifully shot. So even if I didn’t agree with a choice in the story, it was always really nice to look at. I would definitely recommend checking this out considering so few people have watched it.

  🔙 Spiderhead

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  Review by Frances Meh ★★★ 1

  I want stories like this to be made into better movies than this. Well meaning but basically a movie of the week. Glad Michael Greyeyes is getting work though.

  
  
  

  ~ Vancouver International Film Festival #4 ~

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  Review by Troy Thrace 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 ★★★★½

  Ambient soundtrack, excessive nature shots and ACAB. The Troy Trifecta! What a wonderful coming of age flick that doesn't revel in the painful bits, but doesn't gloss over them either, balancing it all with extraordinarily uplifting sequences of queer affirmation and reconnection to Indigenous heritage and culture. These two parts of Link's identity are inseparable, wholly unique and a cause for cathartic celebration by the end. And what a gorgeous ending it is! Had them special movie goosebumps coarsing through me many times. There's a deep and profound empathy for the films characters and their connection with the nature that nourishes and nature they cherish. A thematic strand that is reinforced by a camera that finds itself lingering on the…

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  Review by joshrowley ★★

  Earnest; sad; slow; tender; underwritten; unengaging.

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  Review by BeBraveMorvern ★★★★½

  This isn’t just special because it’s from a non-binary Two-Spirit Mi’kmaq filmmaker, with the First Nations characters all played by First Nations actors. It’s also a vibrant take on classic genres, with a specificity that keeps it feeling honest and fully character-driven. 

  It’s a tough, humane coming-of-age road-trip movie about family and tribal legacies. In swift, clear strokes, writer-director Bretten Hannam establishes the fully justified anger of his teenage protagonist, Link. It leaves the movie plenty of space for Link to convincingly evolve as he meets other Indigenous characters in his travels. 

  A couple of times, Link goes quiet to stare at a dead animal. Hannam doesn’t hit these beats hard; Link just seems to register a sense of identification.…