Boy Meets Girl (2014 film)

Boy Meets Girl
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Eric Schaeffer
Produced by	Eric Schaeffer; Edward Aitken; Elisa Pugliese; Charles Blackstone; Rudolf J. Waldner; Gail Smerigan;
Written by	Eric Schaeffer
Starring	Michael Welch; Michelle Hendley; Alexandra Turshen; Michael Galante; Randall Newsome; Joseph Ricci; Elizabeth Ward Land; Christopher McHale;
Music by	Matthew Puckett
Cinematography	Violetta D'Agata; Andrew Ravani;
Edited by	Frank Reynolds
Distributed by	Wolfe Video
Release date	June 28, 2014 (Frameline Film Festival); February 6, 2015 (United States);
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Boy Meets Girl is a 2014 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Eric Schaeffer and starring Michelle Hendley as a transgender woman living in a small town in Kentucky, looking for love.[1]

Plot

21-year old Ricky is a transgender woman living in a small town in Kentucky with big dreams to move to New York and attend a school of fashion design. Ricky is working as a barista and spends most of her time hanging out with her only friend Robby who has been by her side for the past 15 years. One day while Ricky is at work, Francesca, a woman from town, walks in and a friendship unexpectedly blossoms, which then turns into an affair.

Cast

Michael Welch as Robby Riley
- Robert Racco as 9-year-old Robby Riley
Michelle Hendley as Ricky Jones
- Rachel Racco as 9-year-old Ricky Jones
Alexandra Turshen as Francesca Duval
Michael Galante as David
Randall Newsome as Hank Jones
Joseph Ricci as Sam Jones
Elizabeth Ward Land as Helen Duval
Christopher McHale as Dayton Duval

Critical reception

Gary Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a favorable review, calling it a "lovely story, one which brims with credible, enormously heartfelt emotion".[2] The Washington Post gave it two stars out of four, stating that "Boy Meets Girl comes across not just as an emotional story, but also an earnestly instructive one."[3]

References

"Boy Meets Girl - About the Film". Boy Meets Girl Movie. Archived from the original on April 18, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
Goldstein, Gary (February 26, 2015). "Review: 'Boy Meets Girl' explores love, friendship". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
Merry, Stephanie (February 2, 2015). "'Boy Meets Girl' movie review: A small-town transgender love story". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 25, 2015.

External links

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[1] "Boy Meets Girl - About the Film". Boy Meets Girl Movie. Archived from the original on April 18, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2015.

[2] Goldstein, Gary (February 26, 2015). "Review: 'Boy Meets Girl' explores love, friendship". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 25, 2015.

[3] Merry, Stephanie (February 2, 2015). "'Boy Meets Girl' movie review: A small-town transgender love story". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 25, 2015.