while not perfect, as an introduction to trans issues, About Ray can serve as a decent gateway for anyone who has yet to be exposed to the spectrum of LGBT, and there are certainly more folks who lack this exposure than you might think
the dialogue is often rather ropey ("I'm not having a shitty day mom, I'm having a shitty existence!") and the film struggles with authenticity when trying to convey what it's like to be young
it's involving but seldom deeply affecting, with the core drama continually shoved aside to examine more commonplace matters of parenting, abandonment and broken families
by Benjamin Lee [The Guardian ]
