Different for Girls
1996 · Movie · 97 min · ★ 7.2 · 53% critics
After a minor traffic accident, two former school friends reconnect as adults and feel an unexpected pull toward each other. As their past comes back into focus, they navigate attraction, identity, and social pressure while trying to figure out whether their relationship can work in the present.
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Details
- Years
- 1996
- Release date
- 1996-10-01
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Max quality
- SD
- Critic score
- 53/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (39 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a heartfelt, mostly dramatic romance that tackles identity and prejudice with a gentle tone, similar to Stage Beauty; Not for you if you need fast pacing, big laughs, or zero nudity.
Pros: touching, sensitive romance; thoughtful social themes; warm chemistry moments | Cons: rushed early pacing; uneven middle focus; some awkward nude scenes
Themes
- transsexual
- lgbt
Cast & crew
Rupert Graves
as Paul Prentice
Steven Mackintosh
as Karl / Kim Foyle
Miriam Margolyes
as Pamela
Charlotte Coleman
as Alison
Saskia Reeves
as Jean
Nisha Nayar
as Angela
Neil Dudgeon
as Neil Payne
Adrian Rawlins
as Mike
Robert Pugh
as CID Detective
Kevin Allen
as Policeman
Directed by Richard Spence