A young man faces an impossible choice: deny his true self or lose everything he has ever known.
Earnest and melancholy. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating. Based on a book.
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Nothing past what an R promises: some innuendo or implied sex and some violence.
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Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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