"Today I went to see an AGLIFF (Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Fest) screening, a documentary called Funny Kinda Guy which is an awesome feel-good film. The documentary captures the transitional journey of the female-to-male transgendered singer-song writer, Simon de Voil. The music, and Simon’s singing, conveys the clarity of one’s open heart and humanity, very gentle, very sincere. The sad part is that for the transition, Simon literally gave up "her" beautiful voice.
As usual, I have no intention to tell you the story here since I would like you to see it someday.  It’s probably one of the most touching and feel-good films (esp. among documentaries) of queer people that I’ve seen. I saw another documentary on transgender Southern Comfort years ago. That is another great one that I would definitely recommend."

Weblog entry, Austin, Texas, USA

"Hi Simon, Just seen your film at the Wellington Outtakes Gay Lesbian film festival and thought it was one of the best doco's I've ever seen. I loved the music and the honesty that everyone projected... and such a neat group of supportive people."

Chris Pugsley, Wellington, New Zealand. By email

"I really liked how personal it was, you could tell the camera is a friend, so as the audience you feel you get really close to Simon and his environment. And the whole layer of the music and the voice is GREAT. And the humour. I saw a lot of documentaries here where people were just presented talking about themselves, where they just project how they want to be perceived, and you don't get a chance to perceive them by yourself, so what they actually present is somehow very narrow, it's more of a peephole-look, whereas this one is like a panorama-window to LIFE, Simon's life and Travis' too, as it must have taken lots of time to make while being very close together. -- I loved it."

Katrin Kremmler, Budapest, Hungary. By email

"A really great piece of work - warm, funny, involving and enlightening...Hope the film continues to receive all the recognition it deserves."

Clive King, Glasgow, by email

"You've managed to make something with real heart and soul and integrity, something which is lacking in so much film and televsion today. I wasn't really looking forward to it that much because there have been so many documentaries following transgender people through the process but I think you've managed to bring something new to it. For me it was not so much a film about someone changing sex as a film about someone trying to be who they really are. There's a lesson in there for everyone."

Richard Campbell, Glasgow, Scotland. By email