On Valentine's Day, in New Jersey, a young intersexsex worker is working at a laundromat with his pregnant best friend, Angel. He spends his nights with Vinnie, his secret lover and pimp who is also the father of Angel's child. However, when a drug deal goes bad, he finds himself on the run from the mob.[5][6]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 82% of 34 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.3/10.[11] The film was positively reviewed in The Hollywood Reporter, which wrote that Gallo's screenplay "achieves something still rare in an industry unnecessarily confused about inclusion: Ponyboi seamlessly integrates its character’s challenges with identity into a propulsive story about a sex worker on the run."[12]Collider wrote that the film was "cinematic gold" that "would be nothing without River Gallo's performance".[13]Variety gave a more critical review, praising Gallo's acting but criticizing the writing as predictable and too reliant on clichés.[14]
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