YMMV / Tomboy (2011)

• Alternative Character Interpretation: Is Laure a transgender boy, genderqueer, a cisgender tomboy, and/or maybe also a lesbian? According to Céline Sciamma, this was deliberately left ambiguous, so that a wide range of people could watch the movie and think "That was my childhood."
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: The movie became unexpectedly successful in South Korea during its local 2020 theatrical release.
• Heartwarming Moments: The dance scene and ensuing bonding between Laure (as Mickaël) and Lisa.
• Moment of Awesome: Laure winning a fight against a boy who was bullying her sister.
• Narm: When Laure pushes a boy off a boat and into some water, the kid lets out a clear Wilhelm Scream. Quite possibly the single most misplaced usage of the stock sound effect ever.
• Spiritual Successor: Tomboy is sometimes considered as a Spear Counterpart to Ma Vie En Rose, even though it doesn't clearly address if Laure's transgender, unlike the latter.
• Trans Audience Interpretation: Many viewers perceive Laura as either nonbinary or a trans boy. Creator Céline Sciamma deliberately left the matter open so that multiple interpretations could be made, and Laure also can be taken as a budding butch lesbian or straight tomboy too.
• Viewer Gender Confusion: For the most part Laure looks like a little boy (the actress hadn't yet grown breasts), but her naked scene in the bath reveals her sex. Céline Sciamma actually expected French audiences to be fooled initially, but a) the trailer gave it away by showing the bath scene and b) there are French people who know what "tomboy" means. This was deliberate though, since Sciamma wanted Laure's gender identity to be ambiguous, so she could be taken as a budding butch lesbian, trans man or just a tomboy. The fact that Laure presenting herself as a boy is the main plot likely just reinforces this confusion too, whatever one takes it to represent.