Why Did Ellen Look and Act Like a Boy?

Yeah I thought she was a son when I first saw her. But boy she is cute as a BUTTON! I actually found it really endearing that she dressed like a boy.. it made her feel more real as a lot of little girls are tomboys. In hollywood they always make the daughter the little "princess", all in pink and curly hair (bleh). I actually loved Ellen so much that I cried when she witnesses her parents fighting and hugs her stuffed animal. One of the cutest kids I ever saw in a movie!

She had short hair. That is the only trait that could be seen even remotely as masculine. Act like a boy? What did she do that made her appear to be acting like a boy? Did I miss a scene where she piddled standing up?

In my opinion there was nothing masculine about Ellen aside from (and I always mention this), the British mistaking the pronounciation of her name as "Alan". The sex of the child was not important to the plot anyway and lest we forget, she was called a "silly girl" in the beginning when she was playing with Beth's lipstick. The child was charming and cute. It should not matter what sex the child was in all fairness - it was irrelevant to the plot. This subject is always being discussed and gets very tiring.

"These days you have to boil someone before you can sleep with them"

she is the producer's daughter

could do what she wanted!

perhaps she was an early transsexual

Normally I don't feed the trolls, but it was pretty clear she was a girl from the beginning. Pixie cuts were all the rage in the 80's. I had one myself.

haha! Right up until her Mum went to get her at school I thought she was a boy and they were calling her "Alan". Couldn't believe she was a girl either!