MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

Brainsbell The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

Roman Sampson One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Erik Archer Spork succeeds in projecting the dream like way in which any of us who have actually gone through middle school and now have some life experience under our belt to reflect upon it. Do we remember the mundane hour by hour report of what actually took place or just the highlights with just a little bit of narrative embellishment? If Spork were an authentic, realistic, middle school tale, nobody would watch it. Thankfully it's not.It would be easy to say that this is the girl version of Napoleon Dynamite, but it's actually a more watchable film than Napoleon's offering.Savannah Stehlin stars as the frizzy haired middle school girl with a ding a ling named Spork. Spork lives in the tiniest of trailers with her dirty faced older brother and numbs the pain of her teased existence by repeatedly watching The Wiz. One day she stands up against the snotty girl gang that is picking on her and gains the attention of her more outgoing trailer park neighbor, and an equally teased undersized boy in her class.As the story plays out, you learn that some of these characters are missing key components to enjoying a well balanced life. This is handled in a manner that neither makes fun of the character nor talks down to the audience, and is reminiscent of John Hughs 1980′s teen dramedies. There are some singing and dancing numbers that could have easily come off as ridiculous and unbelievable, but again, it's presented in way that makes the viewer feel as if they are a part of the fun.Part of what makes the musical scenes work so well is the collaboration between director J.B Guhman Jr., film editor Philip J. Bartell, art director Nathan Carden, composer Timothy Kiefer, and co-composers Casey James and the Staypuff Kid. If just one of these individuals had not brought their A game, it could have been messy.If you only see one teenage hermaphrodite coming of age movie this year, make it Spork.

Jane Emrys This was absolutely adorable. I laughed a lot as I watched the movie. I felt I could relate to both Spork and her brother. A true underdog movie, you see a family with literally NOTHING going for them and a little person trying to make sense of her mixed gender and find a place to fit in with a society with no room for people with gender issues, poverty, or orphans. It's wonderful to see the relationships of the characters with each other develop, as well as Spork learning to love and accept herself for who she is.I loved the bright colors, the animations, and the music. The acting was excellent. I could really sympathize and laugh right along with them. The story was interesting and it didn't drag on and on.I recommend it to anyone who isn't afraid of people different than themselves, and even more so to those who are. Open up your heart and your mind. We don't all need to fit into a specific category or caste. We're all people too!

jams701 I'm currently an 8th grade girl, and I am positive that I'm not the only fourteen year old girl that views this film as completely unrealistic. I'm sure that NO middle school in America has students that act like that, I mean, the popular girls' hair ridiculously teased, all blonde and blue eyes? Even though its a common stereotype that all populars are in ONE clique with FIVE people ALL LOOKING AND DRESSING THE SAME, the cliché isn't true at all. Half the population of the school is made of popular kids, with hair ranging from blonde to red to brown, and eyes that vary in color also, and while they dress similar,(Hollister, Abercrombie, etc.)they certainly don't dress identical, and they don't all wear their hair all the same. There are lots of popular kids, and they don't all hang out with each other, they are in different groups, but get along well with the other groups that are as popular as they are, so it just seems like they are all BFF's. Also, winning a dance-off doesn't automatically make you popular. I know, I know, they were making the classic ending, a girl beats the bad guy and makes friends all at once,but this is just too much for me. This movie shouts out, "If you put your mind to it,everything will just happen. One day, you'll automatically just have a better life." But that's not true. If Spork were in my school, she would have friends (Because in this movie, she can't find a friend to sit with out of three hundred people in the cafeteria)Sure, not popular friends but friends. If she were to win the competition, people would politely compliment her, but view her the same way, but this time knowing that she can dance well. Winning one dance-off can't make you popular. There are tons of talented students in a middle school, and most of them are already popular. Why swoon over Spork when you have a popular boy that can play guitar solo wonderfully? Becoming 'popular' or developing trust and making true friends takes time, usually a couple months, not one week. And the popular girl running off with Chunk? WOULD NEVER HAPPEN.

K Mack If you have a weird sense of humor, like I do, you'll really like this movie. It's weird, funny, a little sad, but also sweet. I liked this movie a lot more than I expected to. The acting was spot-on for what they were going for and the young actors really got the humor. My favorite was the girl who played Tootsie-Roll. Her comic timing was perfect and she really nailed sweet and caring as well. The dance moves were hilarious and awesome. I'd love to see another movie with the lead girl again too, she nailed her role. I liked how she is a hermaphrodite, but that is not the sum of her character. It's not even the point of the movie. It's about an awkward, lonely, dorky kid and kind people reaching out to her when most people are so cruel.