Not the greatest LGBT film ever made, but it's certainly not the worst I've seen either. But it was fair.
Riley has a really good premise, and though it tells a coming-of-age story where the characters discover and question their sexuality, which we see all the time, we finally a story that we don't really see too often, and that's from the world of athletics. Very rarely have I seen a movie or TV show feature a character, a high school character, who is athletic and a football athlete. Athletics is a touchy subject, especially football, as its always protrayed as this macho man environment where only straight people play. We know for a fact that gay athletes exist, and it's refreshing to see a story from that perspective that highlights some of their struggles, too.
As a whole, the actors did a pretty good job of portraying their characters and emphasizing their feelings. It was a bit cringy at times, with some of the acting not feeling entirely real, but this isn't a blockbuster film production so I didn't go into this movie with that expectation.
My biggest complaint is the age gap of the 'high school' actors. Having 25-27-year-old actors play 17-18-year-old kids isn't too realistic, and it was too obvious watching the movie that the actors did not fit the age of their characters. Instead of a high school-based film, they would have been better suited to play college kids, and it would have been much more believable. But I get that it would alter the story too much, mainly because of how Riley revolves around the character's athletic future and college aspirations.
