wonder boy
EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE TBC
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I want to be a boy who sometimes wants to be a girl!” states Jamie New (Max Harwood), a 16-year-old from Sheffield whose dreams of being a drag queen propel this joyous stage-to-screen transfer. Inspired by a TV doc about a real-life Jamie who wore a gown to his high-school dance, Jonathan Butterell’s feature debut gives his own stage musical a glossy makeover while retaining the original’s cheeky, scrappy charm.
A moving flashback sequence, meanwhile,-style heft to a story that’s basically a gay spin on
