It’s... squarely openhearted in depicting what the freshly transitioned must navigate just to be (and explain) themselves, when all anyone else can seem to latch on to is the narrative of change they experience.

| Aug 29, 2023

“Mutt” doesn’t really travel anywhere except in circles around its beleaguered hero’s falling and rising sense of self-worth. But that’s enough...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 25, 2023

A film with a lot on its mind, a frenetic energy to make it to the end of the day, and a character we root for from start to finish.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 18, 2023

Features of city life feed a sense of realism, as does the film’s warmly-lit and intimately framed cinematography. But that realism here is exhausting, even if it is well-intentioned...

| Aug 17, 2023

This is one of those sneakily good movies where at first nothing much seems to be going on, before the parts start adding up to a satisfying whole.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 16, 2023

That Feña suffers so that other trans people won’t have to may be edifying to some, but it also reduces Mutt to an Afterschool Special.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 13, 2023

Right from the very first sequence and the distant shot of Fena’s troubled face amid friends, Mehiel internalises his contradictions and carries the weight of his predicaments...

| Apr 5, 2023

While Feña’s journey may contain some contrivances, the way this young man adapts to each predicament feels authentic and emotionally potent.

| Feb 19, 2023

A warm and open performance from actor Lío Mehiel, coupled with a steady authenticity and emotional truthfulness, make Mutt an appealing 24-hours-in-New-York drama from newcomer Vuk Lungulov-Klotz.

| Feb 19, 2023

"Mutt" deserves to be heard.

| Feb 1, 2023

The whole cast is fantastic — the history of these three relationships felt so deeply between the performers.

| Jan 28, 2023

One of the best films about post-transition adjustment.

| Jan 27, 2023

With three people from Feña’s past pulling him in different directions, “Mutt” sometimes meanders off course, but it manages to string together some beautiful moments in between.

| Original Score: B | Jan 24, 2023

Mehiel traverses all of Feña’s moods and confrontations with a kind of disarming sincerity that convinces us his missteps lack malice but are instead a response to living in a state of permanent defensiveness.

| Jan 24, 2023