The journey of young, handsome New York City playboy Sam Wellman - man’s man and professional woman hater – and his relationship with Doc, his best (and only!) friend. One strange, drunken night Sam stumbles into an Old Curiosity Shop, where the elderly proprietor offers him tea along with sage advice on treasuring “the female of the species”. Sam awakens the next morning to find himself transformed into a woman.
Acting
Natalie Knepp committing to chaotic bro-in-woman's-body energy
Production
That Old Curiosity Shop set giving serious budget Halloween store
Writing
Dialogue that swings wildly between cringe and accidental insight
Director
Nicholas Brooks
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Nicholas Brooks' directorial debut after years working in visual effects—explaining why the transformation scene looks better than the rest of the movie.
Released in 2015, it arrived just as conversations about gender fluidity were entering mainstream discourse, making its binary 'walk a mile' premise feel oddly behind and ahead of its time simultaneously.
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