▁nose ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁father ▁was ▁making ▁fun ▁of ▁Alex . ▁N est or ▁was ▁proud ▁of ▁his ▁daughter , ▁never ▁embar rass ed . ▁Er in ▁M isk ell ▁lists ▁of ▁Five ▁Re asons ▁to ▁Watch ▁XX Y ▁and ▁one ▁is ▁it ▁discuss es ▁the ▁impact ▁on ▁the ▁parents ▁and ▁the ▁differences ▁between ▁N est or ' s ▁and ▁Sul i ' s ▁way ▁of ▁raising ▁Alex . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁The ▁film ▁received ▁generally ▁favor able ▁reviews ▁from ▁critics . ▁The ▁film - crit ics ▁aggregate ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes ▁reported ▁ 8 2 % ▁of ▁critics ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁a ▁positive ▁review ▁based ▁on ▁ 4 4 ▁reviews , ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁score ▁of ▁ 6 . 8 / 1 0 . ▁The ▁critical ▁cons ensus ▁is : ▁" This ▁sharp ▁director ial ▁debut ▁by ▁Lu cia ▁P uen zo ▁tre ats ▁the ▁challeng ing ▁subject ▁of ▁inter sex ▁with ▁intelligence ▁and ▁sens itivity ." ▁Met ac rit ic , ▁which ▁assign s ▁a ▁standard ized ▁score ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 , ▁r ated ▁the ▁film ▁ 6 7 ▁based ▁on ▁ 1 5 ▁reviews , ▁indicating ▁" Gener ally ▁favor able ▁reviews ." ▁Roger ▁E bert ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁ 3 . 5 ▁stars ▁of ▁out ▁ 4 . ▁ ▁In es ▁E fr on ▁also ▁received ▁much ▁critical ▁acc laim ▁for ▁her ▁performance ▁in ▁this ▁film . ▁E fr on ▁won ▁the ▁award ▁for ▁Best ▁Act ress ▁at ▁the ▁Cart ag ena ▁Film ▁Festival ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁three