A Kid Like Jake
Drama
On the eve of the admissions cycle for New York City kindergartens, Alex and Greg Wheeler have high hopes for four-year-old Jake. The director of Jake's preschool encourages them to accentuate Jake's gender expansive behavior to help him stand out. As Alex and Greg navigate their roles as parents, a rift grows between them, one that forces them to confront their own concerns about what's best for Jake, and each other.
VIBE
This film feels like a quiet, anxious conversation about the pressures of modern parenting and the struggle to understand your child's emerging identity. It's a grounded, intimate look at a family navigating a high-stakes world.
anxiousintrospectiveheartfeltrealisticsteadyindie dramacharacter-drivennaturalisticparentingidentitygendereducation
educationbased on play or musicalbrooklynnew york citylgbtpre-school
