Different for Girls

(Fox Lorber)

Rupert Graves is a thirtysomething motorcycle hack who's the portrait of a British malcontent. He literally bumps into old high-school friend Karl (Steve Mackintosh), who after a transsexual operation is going by the name of Kim. What might have been a bawdy good romp gets bogged down in anemic back stories and tiresome posturing. Only Graves's mercurial energy and a soundtrack loaded with '70s punk nostalgia keep the film interesting.