Willy Milly (1986)

Terribly unsubtle story of a tomboyish young girl, Milly (Pamela Segall, on right in pic), who thinks boys have more fun and wishes she was one. By the aid of a magic potion she gets her wish and the appropriate genitalia, and becomes Willy. But she finds that the male world has its challenges too.

This could have explored some interesting areas, for example in parental reactions and the sexual orientation question, both of which arise but are treated superficially. For a more serious study of adolescent gender problems you need to watch Ma Vie en Rose. However, unlike Ma Vie this one has a happy, if rather obvious, ending.

The film was also released as:

Something Special, and
I Was a Teenage Boy.

I have seen it reported as Milly Willy but this is a mistake; it's Willy Milly.

Interestingly, in the credits, both characters are given, Milly and Willy, both with Pamela Segall's name. The video label I have implies that the film is quite raunchy, and is outright misleading, but in fact (to avoid adult classification) the film is quite prim.

HF June 2001

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