My Year of Dicks
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An imaginative 15-year-old is stubbornly determined to lose her virginity despite the pathetic pickings in the outskirts of Houston in the early '90s.
An imaginative 15-year-old is stubbornly determined to lose her virginity despite the pathetic pickings in the outskirts of Houston in the early '90s.
My Year of Dicks feels different. Based on Ribon’s memories (and video diaries) from 1991, the year she set out to lose her virginity, the animated memoir tells a spiky, specific, personal story. And it does it through a smorgasbord of styles and narrative tricks, a Gen-X genre-bending mashup of anime, horror, skate video, and cringe comedy. Each of the dicks young Pam meets has his own vibe, and the film adopts those vibes, just as Pam molds herself to try to fit into the tiny space each dick makes for her in his life.
It’s also not easy to box into a singular genre – although comedic overall, some tense moments elevate the tone. MY YEAR OF DICKS is a unique and compelling 24-minute animated short film that’ll leave you laughing and/or crying.
