This film is based on
a book by Emily M. Danforth and the time period is 1993. Cameron Post is a teenage girl and her
conservative guardians force her into a gay conversion therapy program. Cameron’s parents both died so they don’t
have a voice or opinion about what has happened to Cameron. In 1993 there was a lot of
stigma surrounding gay teens. Counselors thought they
should be able to use the Bible to thump the gayness out?
I was surprised to learn that conversion therapy has been ruled illegal in fifteen states. Except for New York City and Washington DC, all the bans are limited to therapy for minors. The title reparative therapy is also used for this process. The teenagers in this film don’t believe the
staff knows what they are doing?
How can this forced method and lack of any trust help them make any kind of changes? Isn’t it setting them up for failure even if they would like to be different? 3* (This movie is OK)
92 min,
Drama directed by Desiree Akhavan with Chole Grace Mortez, Steven Hauck, Quinn
Shephard, Kerry Butler, Dalton Harrod, McCabe Slye, Dale Soules, Sasha Lane,
John Gallagher Jr., Emily Skeggs, Marin Ireland, Forrest Goodluck, Melanie
Ehrilich, Ownen Campbell, Christopher Dylan White.
Note: Imdb 6.6 out of 10, Roger Ebert 3 ½*, 87%
critic 75% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, The Guardian 4* out of 5* Mark Kermode,
Metacritic 9 out of 100 with 36 critics 6.9 out of 10 user score with 42
reviews, Amazon 3.9* out of 5* with 81 reviews, Amazon the paperback book has 4.4*
out of 5* with 291 reviews.
Special
Note: The exercise video
Blessercize is from real footage of an actual 90’s video. This film was named one of the 40 best
films of 2018 by Sight & Sound.
The budget was estimated at $900,000 but grossed just $904,703 in 85
theaters in North America. This
was the result of limited theatrical release and marketing. A winner of the
Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic) at the Sundance Film Festival.
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