TrisMcCall
It's the early autumn of 1986, and Kelly, a quiet, unassuming high school student from the deep suburbs of New Jersey, is just trying to make it through the days without incident. His classmates have other ideas. When Kelly's name accidentally appears on the ballot for Homecoming Queen, he becomes, over his protestations, the candidate of his classmates with contempt for the process, the school, and popularity contests in general. Kelly finds out that even a joke run has some unexpected consequences.
"Kelly" is a story about New Jersey, a story about elections and democracy and voting, a story about gender roles and sexual confusion, a story about cosmetics and cover-ups, friends and frenemies. But mostly it's the story of a kid who wants to be something more than what the world insists he is.