Blackbird is a sincere coming-of-age drama about a gay teenager struggling with religion, family expectations and his own sense of identity. Patrik-Ian Polk sometimes pushes the melodrama hard, but Julian Walker gives the central role vulnerability and the story’s cultural specificity matters.
Blackbird is a sincere coming-of-age drama about a gay teenager struggling with religion, family expectations and his own sense of identity. Patrik-Ian Polk sometimes pushes the melodrama hard, but Julian Walker gives the central role vulnerability and the story’s cultural specificity matters.
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