Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Call me fascist or reactionary, but what a disgusting Age we live in. I am particularly disgusted with Naomi watts for her choice of bedmate. I know this is just a movie, but movies about gender freaks just freak me out.

This film is too talky, as the scenario is built around a string of long conversations that typically degenerate into chaos. Lost in the shuffle is the human portrait of young Ray (née Ramona), who is a sixteen-year-old who is contemplating gender confirmation surgery.The three generations of the film include your Ray, his sensitive mother Frances (Naomi Watts), and the crusty lesbian grandmother Dolly (Susan Sarandon). At the heart of the film is Frances, who struggles with signing the release form for the surgery of her son and tracking down the father, who also must be a signatory.The performances are excellent, especially Watts, whose character struggles with a secret that is eventually revealed. When young Ray learns the truth about his mother, the implications may be shattering.The characters talk up a storm to the degree that the narrative line is very thin. By contrast, one of the strengths of "The Danish Girl" was the complex and smoothly developed plotting. In the case of "3 Generations," one of the unresolved issues is who precisely is the father of young Ray. The filmmakers could have been tidier in wrapping up such details, which undoubtedly would have been of great importance to Ray.While the numerous verbal interactions were long-winded and repetitive, there was a touching scene in a Japanese restaurant that was the most emotionally satisfying in the film.

After reading other reviews and thinking about the film, I realize just how complex it really is. On first glance the main subject appears to be the character Ray/Ramona played beautifully by Elle Fanning, but it's actually not. The subject or theme I believe is the three generations of women in one family, and the problems/identity issues each one is grappling with. Each character is representative, to an extent, of her own generation. The oldest generation represented by the character played by Susan Sarandon, Dodo, is an artsy, self-confident lesbian who has a life partner but is not married to her, presumably not only because they got together way before marriage was even an option, but because they had a "who needs a marriage certificate" attitude. Sarandon's character is the "man" in the family.Then there's the middle generation, represented by Naomi Watts'character. She also represents her generation, which encompasses some "me generation" qualities, including sleeping with her boyfriend's brother, and having a kind of laid-back almost apathetic personality. She is dominated both by her mother and her child.And then there's Elle Fanning's character, representing a youth of today for whom it's totally natural to believe she was born in the wrong gender and all she needs to do is take meds and have surgery and everything will be set right. S/he also has the very confident, almost arrogant mindset that she's entitled to say anything she thinks or feels to her parents, grandparents, and anyone else who's within earshot.In fact, when Dodo (Sarandon) says to Ray "It's time we have a man in the family" it like she's handing the reins over to him. This is part of the film's happy ending which is nice, if unrealistic. But I liked both the ending and the entire film as it is engaging, has excellent acting, and is visually very downtown New York.

Ray (Elle Fanning) is a 16-year-old who was born as Ramona but has felt for years that he's a male inside a female body. As he tries to begin the medical transgender process, it will open up much family angst and discord. Additionally, because of his age, Ray will require the parental consent of his absentee father which will lead to more emotional upheaval and the uncovering of some hidden family secrets.Although the film's heart may be in the right place, I thought the dialogue often came across as contrived, strident, and melodramatic, which made it a difficult watch for me. The movie does have a poignant and uplifting ending though.All in all, although I felt for Ray, who seemed the only one who was not conflicted about what he wanted to do, the movie itself did not seem like the best of vehicles to bring transgender issues to the forefront.