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Renders its gay and religious characters so stereotypical that neither lifestyle appears attractive.
It's a winning, heartfelt and conflicted piece where the conflicts often resolve themselves in surprising ways.
A coming-of-age, coming-out, romantic comedy, religious intolerance flick, and if that sounds a bit crowded, that's because it is.
A fairly flat, predictable tale.
It's timely, not to mention refreshing, to see an affirmation of true love over hot sex, along with a reminder that the two aren't necessarily mutually exclusive.
Such a well-meaning but unambitious work that it's tempting to take it seriously even as you dismiss it.
The BIG sex scene starts poorly as the pair, alone at last due to a so-convenient snow storm, efficiently undress themselves as if preparing for a rugby match ...
This semi-autobiographical film has its charming moments, and while a bit cliched in parts, makes for an interesting drama.
Cox -- who experienced the Mormon view on gay life firsthand -- gets the sort of performances out of his characters that will help you overlook what is cliched about the story.
simple paint-by-the numbers gay themed film that strikes directly at Mormon dogma, but it has a certain charm due mainly to Sandvoss' Herculean efforts
Ramsey's heartbreak, stock taking and determination to see to it the relationship gets a second chance are as affecting as anything the genre has produced in recent memory.
Overall generalities about the main characters, a tendency to reveal them through monologue rather than behavior, and a lack of curiosity about the Mormon youth's core beliefs keep Latter Days from feeling genuinely personal or particularly substantive.
The screenplay is efficient to a fault, populated with stock characters.
Cox can be forgiven for getting a little preachy when he makes his point with such an open heart and loving spirit
...Funny, tragic, occasionally cheesy, endearing and ultimately heartwarming, dealing with very serious Christian hypocrisy while holding onto a light, life-embracing tone.
What would happen between a hedonistic fairy and an earnest but curious Mormon?
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