What is it, in summary?: It's an Australian teen rom-com about a queer girl and her love interest. It centres around Ellie, a proudly gay seventeen-year-old, who is visited by her "fairy" godmother (her deceased aunt), Tara, after coming out to her mum. The movie follows her as she tries to work up the courage to ask her crush to the formal and learns about her family history and queer activism through her aunt. The movie has an amazing soundtrack, amazing cast (esp. if you're Kiwi/Aussie), and it's all-around heart-warming. What do you love about it?: • Abbie is played by Zoe Terakes, an Indigenous non-binary actor! • Rachel House, beloved NZ icon, gives a stunning performance as Ellie's other aunt figure. • Tara's dyke camp everything. • It deals with some very heavy themes around queer history and queer futures but does it in a way that I thought was really great at interweaving the two and showing how they are related. • Hopeful! Funny! Heart-warming! • "I think we should have the sex talk again, because lesbian sex is very different." "Nope, NOPE!" "And I don't want you to learn about it from PORN!"
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Fun and fluffy interactions between the main characters!
Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: It's a whole movie, so no.
Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie's Dead Aunt) (Movie 2020)
Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie's Dead Aunt) (2020)
Media:
Movie
Approx length:
1 hr 22 min.
Where to find it:
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s52hpoNege8
Available on Showtime, via Hulu and Prime Video I believe.
What is it, in summary?:
It's an Australian teen rom-com about a queer girl and her love interest. It centres around Ellie, a proudly gay seventeen-year-old, who is visited by her "fairy" godmother (her deceased aunt), Tara, after coming out to her mum. The movie follows her as she tries to work up the courage to ask her crush to the formal and learns about her family history and queer activism through her aunt. The movie has an amazing soundtrack, amazing cast (esp. if you're Kiwi/Aussie), and it's all-around heart-warming.
What do you love about it?:
• Abbie is played by Zoe Terakes, an Indigenous non-binary actor!
• Rachel House, beloved NZ icon, gives a stunning performance as Ellie's other aunt figure.
• Tara's dyke camp everything.
• It deals with some very heavy themes around queer history and queer futures but does it in a way that I thought was really great at interweaving the two and showing how they are related.
• Hopeful! Funny! Heart-warming!
• "I think we should have the sex talk again, because lesbian sex is very different." "Nope, NOPE!" "And I don't want you to learn about it from PORN!"
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?:
Fun and fluffy interactions between the main characters!
Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?:
It's a whole movie, so no.