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Latter Days (2004)

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Reviews Counted:44

Fresh:20

Rotten:24

Average Rating:5.4/10

Consensus: A melodramatic plot and character stereotypes turn the movie into a sitcom.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Jan 30, 2004 Limited

Box Office: $553,570

Synopsis: Christian (Wes Ramsey), is a young, promiscuous gay man in Los Angeles. Always up for a party and not willing to settle down with one person, he doesn't think too much about anything. When Aaron... Christian (Wes Ramsey), is a young, promiscuous gay man in Los Angeles. Always up for a party and not willing to settle down with one person, he doesn't think too much about anything. When Aaron (Steve Sandvoss), a young Mormon man, moves into his apartment complex, Christian bets his friend fifty dollars that he can seduce him. Christian appears to be on the way to winning the bet, but Aaron is reluctant act on his attraction, as homosexuality is forbidden in the Mormon Church. And when his Mormon roommates find out what he is up to, Aaron is sent back to Idaho to face his parents about his transgression. Jacqueline Bisset and Mary Kay Place costar in this touching drama that was a hit at several international film fests. [More]

Starring: Wes Ramsey, Steve Sandvoss, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jacqueline Bisset

Starring: Wes Ramsey, Steve Sandvoss, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jacqueline Bisset, Mary Kay Place, Erik Palladino

Director: C. Jay Cox

Director: C. Jay Cox
Screenwriter: C. Jay Cox
Studio: TLA Releasing

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It's all very tidy and very tedious and, no matter how much it pretends to take on the world, Days settles for preaching to the choir.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
01/29/04
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04/03/04
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04/08/04
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06/18/04
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Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Film Threat

Cox can be forgiven for getting a little preachy when he makes his point with such an open heart and loving spirit

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04/24/04
Andrea Chase
Andrea Chase
Killer Movie Reviews

...Funny, tragic, occasionally cheesy, endearing and ultimately heartwarming, dealing with very serious Christian hypocrisy while holding onto a light, life-embracing tone.

Full Review Source: Metro Times (Detroit, MI) | comment Comment
04/08/04
Anita Schmaltz
Anita Schmaltz
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
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05/20/06
Blake DePastino
Blake DePastino
Baltimore City Paper

A winky, interminable and rather cringe-inducing manifesto... whose characters stand as crude if attractive types rather than three-dimensional people.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Today | comment Comment
02/09/04
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Entertainment Today

Despite the frequent obviousness of the script and direction ... the story attains an undeniable, if somewhat soap opera-like, power.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
01/17/04
Bruce Feld
Bruce Feld
Film Journal International

Renders its gay and religious characters so stereotypical that neither lifestyle appears attractive.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
04/02/04
Carla Meyer
Carla Meyer
San Francisco Chronicle
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Despite the inherent clichés, Latter Days manages to rise above its formulaic plot, mainly because of the assured performance by Mr. Sandvoss.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
02/26/04
Charles Ealy
Charles Ealy
Dallas Morning News
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The whole Mormon/gay thing would be plenty for one movie without also sticking in AIDS, the betrayal of friends and actors-trying- to-get-their- big-break.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
04/01/04
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

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06/13/08
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

This gay romantic melodrama draws on an unconscionable number of conventions, but works in the end because of its commitment to its characters and a handful of fine performances.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
01/29/04
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
New York Times
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a huge copout

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02/15/04
Don Willmott
Don Willmott
Filmcritic.com

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.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
05/07/04
Duane Dudek
Duane Dudek
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Pilots its culture-challenging raison d'être through an increasingly insufferable collection of gaysploitation conventions.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
01/27/04
Ed Halter
Ed Halter
Village Voice

The curse of gay cinema is its belief that worn-out movie plots will become interesting if you put gay characters in them. This film takes the curse several steps further.

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02/16/04
Eric D. Snider
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