Prodigal Sons: Sibling Rivalry Assumes a New Gender Dynamic
By Brian Miller Wednesday, Mar 3 2010
http://www.seattleweekly.com/2010-03-03/film/prodigal-sons-sibling-rivalry-assumes-a-new-gender-dynamic/ (http://www.seattleweekly.com/2010-03-03/film/prodigal-sons-sibling-rivalry-assumes-a-new-gender-dynamic/)
In the late '60s, the McKerrow family of Helena, Montana, had three sons: one adopted, two biological. Today it has a daughter, transsexual middle sibling Kim, who returns from New York to film her 20-year high-school reunion. Confounding every red-state cliché, her old pals seem remarkably friendly and open-minded. Instead, it's her older, adopted brother who has problems. Director Kimberly Reed, who also changed her surname, thrusts us uncomfortably close into a complicated family dynamic: She's asking others to accept "my transition" (most do), while also seeking to reconcile with Marc, a Spokane resident now harboring many resentments, popping various meds, and suffering residual brain damage from a long-ago car crash (never explained).