A queer black musical??? THIS is the future millennial want

This was me watching this movie:

"Wow, this is really good. A stripped-down realistic coming to age film about the black trans community. I'm really diggi...wait why are they singing? Why are they dancing? Ok that part seems to done with. Back to the movie. This is really engrossing and besides that singing/dancing part I imagined earlier, this is a really bold...oh God they're singing and dancing again. Why is this happening? Ok. Back to the movie. This part is really good. Really emotionally honest. The only thing I could possibly think of that of that could ruin this is singi...and here we go."

i didn’t know this was a musical so i was very caught off guard when the protagonist started dancing with his bullies LMFAO. i love the black queer & trans representation and the good intentions behind the film but it wasn’t very well put together if i’m being honest :/ good story but it deserved way better execution. also, i can usually guess the age, race or gender of a screenwriter based on the dialogue and how certain issues are handled. at one point, early on in the film, i said outloud “a white guy wrote this.” i assumed i must be wrong because this film has only one white character, but i was right. anyways, if you got this far i just want you to know that you should be watching pose on fx and my house on viceland (all episodes are available on viceland.com).

Although I wasn't a true believer or fan of the musical style the film addresses, I understand to perfection that that is its narrative approach and it wasn't bad.
And also I cannot assure either if the film poses in a 100% correct way its subject on gender identity, but it felt solid.

It's like a subtle and intricate drama collided with a musical that collided with Pose.

Though I watched the film bc of MJ Rodriguez, I really appreciated the centering of the boy's family dynamics. It seperated it from the mechanics of Pose (well, the episodes I've watched thusfar)

The execution was bizarre: the connective parts of the film seemed off. The lip syncing was badly timed and the musical numbers overall seemed awkward to me. Some of the scenes felt like they didn't fit together. More backstory on the dad or the aunt would've been nice too.

I am surely HATING though. The actor who played Raymond is so charismatic and Indya and MJ are their likeable selves. The woman who played the mom is wonderful. Heavy on the flower motif as well, and I liked how they appeared at crucial moments. The final confrontation left me in tears. Fantastic runtime.

Jeez how to rate it???idk I plead the Fifth.

- Queer and black [check]
- Femme boy protagonist [check]
- Musical [check]
- Positive love and support message [check]
- Trans women [check]
- Vogue [check]

How can a movie that checks so many good boxes fails to deliver... it's like how do you mess up something that good?

I'm going to be lenient and give it some extra points for pushing a femme boy protagonist, you ought to think that by now we had more films with femme gay leads but here we are.

you know people have really bad taste when trash like call me by your name (2018) has an average rating of 4.2, while this (near) masterpiece has an average rating of 3.2.

aaaaaaa what a beautiful story!! this made me miss the bx so much :')

Fuck I really loved it. It was very low key but somehow that's why it felt true?
I want to hug all the gender questioning/gender non-conforming/trans/non-binary kids and tell them how much I love them and how proud of them I am.
Fuck all the people here who are hating on this.
Also, I was pleasantly surprised to see it was actually directed by a white cis gay man.

anything about the lgb and particularly t community just makes my heart SWELL

I feel guilty giving a film that has its heart in the right place such a low rating, but the music is a disaster, it is poorly crafted almost everywhere, and hardly works a story into its great display of representation

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

The community support for Ulysses got me choked up. I appreciated that it was a musical, but the way the numbers were shot was often aggressively uninteresting to the point that a lot of the emotional weight of the songs and choreography was weakened.

Some of the songs did make me wanna gag but overall it was a very wholesome watch. 

Also the scene when Ulysses is practicing voguing had me smiling the biggest smile.

gosh i really wish this was better than it was... there were what like 4 songs? if you're gonna make a musical commit to it please!!!! there were some very sweet and heartwarming moments and i did enjoy it overall but like. forgettable music, clumsy lip syncing, weird unnecessary subplot with that one rich dude which became even more uncomfortable after finding out the main character is supposed to be 14. :( i would watch it again tho!

I have nothing but love/hope for a film featuring brown queer actors in lead rolws. This one left A LOT to be desired. I could not get through the songs after the first two. Character development, where it occurs, is stereotypical and contradictory.

If Pose were a movie.

Amazing movie with good acting, I was caught by surprise when everyone started singing but overall its a great movie. Highly recommend!

why was this a semi musical that was so unnecessary and misplaced

i didn’t know they were gonna break out into song... also cmon pose cast!