Am I OK? is a coming-out movie for adults

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🗓️ 10 June 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Am I OK? is a about what happens when you finally come to accept your sexuality much later in life than many do. It stars Dakota Johnson and Sonoya Mizuno as two women in their 30s who have been best friends a long time. But Johnson's character is grappling with the possibility that she's queer – and with the fact that her most treasured friendship is in trouble. Directed by Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne, it's streaming on Max.

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0:24.0	M I OK is exactly the kind of small intimate film that people complain doesn't get made anymore.
0:34.8	It's about two women in their 30s who've been best friends forever, one of whom is played by Dakota
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0:39.8	But Johnson's character is grappling with the possibility that she's queer and with the fact
0:44.0	that her most treasured friendship is in trouble.
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