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This sort-of biopic about a gay teenager in conversion therapy had a lot of
wasted potential. What could have been a gripping drama just dragged endlessly
and failed to establish the main character beyond the broadest of strokes to
the point where he seemed just too passive and generic to engage with. Even
though the entire cast was great – they had names like Nicole Kidman and Russell
Crowe – , they could not save the script. The entire project was just a bit
toothless and lukewarm. The story dawdled endlessly on the events in therapy,
but failed to develop any kind of momentum and only a vague sense of tension.
After about two thirds of this, the makers themselves seemed to get bored with
where their story was going (nowhere) and decided to bring it to a swift end
that was just completely non-sequitur.
Bottom
line: due to terrible writing and indecisiveness about where they wanted to go
with this, I only see myself able to give 2/5. The topic is relevant, but the
execution was just a complete failure.
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