Will & Harper

Will Ferrell met Andrew Steele whilst both worked on "Saturday Night Live". The latter becomes the chief writer on the popular satirical show that started Ferrell on his road to stardom, and the two men became close personal friends. Advance several years and the now 61 years old Steele has written to his friend informing him of his decision to transition into Harper. This fruition of a visceral need to become the woman he always knew he needed to be to be fulfilled and happy has not come without it's trepidations - not least a wariness as to how close friends and his two children are going to deal with this news. Ferrell is nervous as to how to proceed and suggests the best way to really get to grips with this new situation is to take a ro...

Friendship is one of those subjects that doesnt receive nearly enough attention in the movies. Yet, when we look at the many different forms it can take, it certainly provides plenty of fodder for engaging storytelling, given that its a topic we can all ultimately relate to. Films that explore particularly fascinating examples of this are among the best, as is the case with the latest documentary release from director Josh Greenbaum, a road trip/buddy movie about the friendship between actor Will Ferrell and comedy writer Harper Steele. The longtime friends met years ago when they worked together on Saturday Night Live, but things were somewhat different at that time: Harper was Andrew back then, but he had been quietly harboring feelings a...