Alicia Vikander was the only good thing in this movie.

At the end it's saying Lili is an inspiration for today's transgenders. After seeing this movie all i could think is, This movie gives transgenders a horrible name. All Einar could think about was himself! Poor Gerda... Gerda was the brave one! She was there for both Einar and Lili till end of times. Ugh...

I loved this film, I thought it was so so beautiful and delicate but I felt the need to research reviews from transgender people because only they can truly say if the way Lili's story is depicted in this is respectful or not. The reviews were mixed, but most of them seemed to agree the time its set on justifies some of the mistakes in representing the transgender experience. Most also said the movie was based more off of the novel than Lili's actual diaries and that the novel itself already fictionalized some of the actual facts of Lili's life. Still, as loosely based as this might be on the real story of Lili Elbe's life it was still such an interesting watch, painful at times too, to think how hard it must have been before - and now, still - for transgender people to deal with how uncomfortable the bodies they were born in make them. At least now, they know what is going on, I don't think before they even had a name for what they were feeling. Acting wise, I thought Redmayne and Vikander did a wonderful job, even if some of Redmayne's scenes seem to be bordering on caricatural. Technical wise, this film is beautiful, the colour scheme is so calming, the framing is so pretty some shots look like paintings themselves. 9/10

i disagree with the "This movie gives transgenders a horrible name." top comment; as a trans girl. it's a beautiful movie, no "misrepresentation" or bad look.