It’s up, obviously.

I don’t think the film is hateful or a bad portrayal. It’s nuanced and adresses topics around gender that are worth discussing. Unfortunately the current discourse around trans people is rancid and we’re just not thoughtful enough as a society to be entrusted with nuance on this topic. It’s not a bad thing to like SotL, and it doesn’t make you anti-trans, but the overall effect of the movie on public discourse has been negative and I’d argue it was a little irresponsible of Thomas Harris and the filmmakers to release it as-is in the current context.

Hopefully it’s simply ahead of its time and we can eventually enjoy nice things like nuance when we someday pull our collective heads out of our asses.