Ah, the timeless Christmas tale of a transgender prostitute, fresh out of prison, on the trail of her cheating fiancee pimp.
Seriously, though, director Sean Baker manages some fairly incredible things with this film. The world he takes the audience to is so completely foreign, and the characters so large, but nothing ever feels dramatized or over-the-top. Nobody feels like a "movie character".
Somehow the film is gripping, energetic, and strangely relatable. Add to the fact the it's visually stunning, despite the "gimmick" of being shot entirely on an iPhone 5s.
8.5/10
