Writing for Out, Max McCormack describes that:[2]Santini's and Sickles's style is as much a piece of modern investigation as it is a nod to films that came before.

There are references to Paris is Burning, Pedro Almodóvar features, Valley of the Dolls, and even 90s Nickelodeon stylistic choices.

Interspersed with the insightful interviews are glossily photographed scenes of the subjects clearly relishing playing to the camera, from Alberic sexily splashing about in his bathtub to Samantha bathing nude in a river to Sophia lip-synching a Barbra Streisand song using a dildo for a microphone.

Diana Clarke wrote for The Village Voice,[9]In the Puerto Rican queer and drag communities, "mala" is used to mean something closer to "fierce."

How rare and necessary to find a beautifully shot, kind and immersive movie that centers the stories and lives of brown transgender folks.