Riley

Directed by Benjamin Howard

The structured life of a disciplined high school athlete starts to fall apart as his queer identity clashes with the expectations of who he's always been told to be.
Riley is a sensitive American coming-of-age drama about a high-school athlete whose carefully controlled life begins to shift as he confronts his sexuality. Benjamin Howard keeps the tone restrained, and the film’s strongest moments come from its believable tension between masculinity, expectation and self-acceptance.

Riley

Directed by Benjamin Howard

The structured life of a disciplined high school athlete starts to fall apart as his queer identity clashes with the expectations of who he's always been told to be.

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Riley is a sensitive American coming-of-age drama about a high-school athlete whose carefully controlled life begins to shift as he confronts his sexuality. Benjamin Howard keeps the tone restrained, and the film’s strongest moments come from its believable tension between masculinity, expectation and self-acceptance.