Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Film myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Will Ferrell, star of Elf and Anchorman, has been friends with comedy writer Harper Steele since their mutual first week on Saturday Night Live, circa 1995. The only caveat is that for almost all that time, Harper was called Andrew. Now, her recent decision to come out as a trans woman inspires gentle documentary Will & Harper.The movie (directed by Josh Greenbaum) sees them take a US road trip, by way of addressing open questions. Steele is unsure if she can still safely visit the flyover-state bars she has always loved. Ferrell ponders surgeries and dating preferences. Other issues verge on the philosophical. After such profound change, are you still the you I knew before?The answer is yes, in every way that matters. But if the tone is affably mainstream, the journey is not without pain. Steele is still working through what it is to meet the world as Harper. And while the film would not exist without Ferrell’s celebrity, it brings a double edge. At least once, the star’s urge to make strangers laugh ends with a lesson that public attention can be kinder to some than others. Yet laughter also soundtracks the film’s sweetest moments: two old friends cracking each other up, as you suspect they always shall.★★★☆☆On Netflix from September 27
