The film and its characters mince absolutely no words and leave almost nothing to the imagination when it comes to portraying sexuality, pain, shame, confusion, and how all of them intersect.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Nov 21, 2024

Maddie Ziegler gives a poignant performance as Lindy in a coming-of-age drama that touches upon a part of adolescence rarely explored on film.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 13, 2024

Although there’s an increasing number of films on related subjects, this is the first to adopt the language of mainstream cinema with such success.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 10, 2024

It’s not up there with the heights of the genre -- Clueless, The Craft and Ginger Snaps (name-checked in the film) can rest easy -- but represents a thematically rich addition to the canon.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 3, 2024

Fitting In has a great cast and explores a compelling story of non-normative female bodies. There's a few issues with the film's messaging, but overall it's pretty enjoyable and Maddie Ziegler makes a strong impression in the lead role.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 28, 2024

The narrative of Fitting In occasionally wanders, but this comedy/drama has convincing performances in this coming-of-age story of a 16-year-old girl with a rare gynecological condition. It's a unique movie with familiar views of teenage life.

| Feb 24, 2024

A genuine portrait on sexual repression and body dysmorphia. [Full review in spanish].

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 21, 2024

... taps into female adolescence while promoting compassion and acceptance, although its conventional approach inhibits a deeper and more specific emotional impact.

| Feb 9, 2024

brilliantly subversive, upending sexual assumptions and stereotypes with wit, humour, and courage, intimate material handled with the care and grace it deserves, allowing it to become a rallying cry for young people. A real joy.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 9, 2024

McGlynn’s coming of age flick is content to be what it is and doesn’t strive to check boxes, and that’s the most feminist thing of all.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Feb 9, 2024

Thanks to the depictions of self-discovery and acceptance, even with Ziegler’s Lindy feeling at her lowest, the movie finds ways to hold onto authenticity while also showing natural recourse.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 8, 2024

A teen tale that embeds a familiar message about self-acceptance in an unusual narrative about physical identity that has a potent topical thrust. The fact that it can also make you laugh is an added bonus.

| Original Score: B- | Feb 8, 2024

A beautiful, yet traumatic, coming of age tale that is unafraid to show the traumatic side of teenage girlhood.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 8, 2024

Warm, generous and vulnerable.

| Feb 7, 2024

Lindy's journey is one that's never been told in a mainstream movie, and it's likely that few viewers will come into Fitting In already familiar with MRKH.

| Feb 7, 2024

Frank and funny, much of Fitting In works well, especially Maddie Ziegler’s relatable performance, but at 106 minutes the material feels stretched a bit too thin.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 6, 2024

Fitting In is definitely a product of its moment, and there are moments when McGlynn is too eager to cast judgment on others. Still, the enjoyment factor is never seriously threatened.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 5, 2024

Based on director Molly McGlynn's own experiences, Fitting In is a blunt, bold and funny coming-of-age film like no other.

| Original Score: 3.75/5 | Feb 5, 2024

Fitting In is explicitly a celebration of our different bodies and the disconnect of certain biological markers from gender.

| Feb 5, 2024

With a strong performance from Maddie Ziegler, Fitting In is a wonderful film, set to remind us that there is no such thing as “normal”, and that being a teenager is always hard.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 5, 2024