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Latter Days
2004
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Positive Reviews
15
Negative reviews
12
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3.1
One of the sly pleasures of Latter Days is the sight of this gay themed movie recycling so many conventions from straight romantic cinema, as if its t ..
Rogerebert
1.5
The movie respects Aarons sincere desire to base his life on spiritual belief a desire Christian doesnt share.
Austin Chronicle
4.5
Unlike Christian, though, he isnt cheap, and he doesnt want his first sexual encounter to be something with as little emotional involvement as a trans ..
2.0
The movie respects Aarons sincere desire to base his life on spiritual belief a desire Christian doesnt share.
3.0
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 h ..
The New York Times
1.3
Renders its gay and religious characters so stereotypical that neither lifestyle appears attractive.
San Francisco Chronicle
0.5
Pilots its culture challenging raison dtre through an increasingly insufferable collection of gaysploitation conventions.
Village Voice
3.0
Using conversation (and movie quotes) to break the ice, Christian discovers a new side to Aaron, unearthing a mutual attraction the Mormon doesnt exac ..
Blu Ray
2.0
Mary Kay Place is good in a terrible role, that of Aarons dreadful mother.
Eric Ds Nider
4.0
He obviously knows what hes writing about (the story is autobiographical) as it touches on such Mormon hot potatoes as racism, sexuality and gender ro ..
Shadows On The Wall
1.5
Despite the frequent obviousness of the script and direction ... the story attains an undeniable, if somewhat soap opera like, power.
Film Journal International ..
1.3
Even those who arent immediately put off by the films brazen attacks on religion and in particular, the LDS Church will likely be bored by this clumsy ..
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.1
Soon, theres a bet going over whether Christian can bag himself a Mormon.
Boston
4.5
In Conclusion: Latter Days The movie doesnt always know whether it wants to be a drama or a comedy, but it doesnt really succeed at being both.
Film Inquiry
2.5
Unfortunately, the movie is too amateurish and too melodramatic to ever really sell any of its interesting ideas for longer than a few minutes.
Movie Habit
3.0
Its 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.
E Online
3.0
Cox can be forgiven for getting a little preachy when he makes his point with such an open heart and loving spirit
Killer Movie Reviews
2.5
Writer director C. Jay Cox has created a tender gay love story, and then buries it under shrill diatribes, plot clichs and one note characters.
Sltrib
2.0
Despite the inherent clichs, Latter Days manages to rise above its formulaic plot, mainly because of the assured performance by Mr. Sandvoss.
Guide Live
1.5
This sitcom setup is as bad as it sounds, and Cox never really surmounts it.
Chicago Reader
3.0
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 clic ..
Jam! Movies
2.5
Its more melodrama than drama or love story, and Cox, who wrote Sweet Home Alabama, seems to have never met a stereotype he didnt like.
Seattle Times
4.0
Depps performance is too remote to engage us.There is simply no good reason for us to become emotionally invested in this reclusive, oddball writer.
Metro Weekly
3.8
Romantic and funny, this story takes a few twists and turn in ways that you dont expect.
Zap2it.com
1.0
as the reclusive full blown AIDS shut in, Keith, who eventually shows Christian that theres more to life than the gym and blow jobs.
James Wegg Review
3.0
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
Old School Reviews
3.0
A winky, interminable and rather cringe inducing manifesto... whose characters stand as crude if attractive types rather than three dimensional people ..
Entertainment Today
2.0
The screenplay is efficient to a fault, populated with stock characters.
Dm Register
2.0
Even as it subscribes to the conventions of modern romantic comedy, it never compromises its characters truths.
Mixed Reviews
3.1
Sounds like the kind of movie that might appeal to, I dunno, maybe all seven openly gay Mormons and not many others.
Los Angeles Daily News
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