Sunday, July 12, 2015
Sainthood on hold
From the DVD library, an old favorite.
Gay twin and Mormon bible boy run into each other in LA.
Romance and conflict result.
The Morms hate them gays.
But when you are one, which we know has to involve a minimum of 10% of them, there is a lot of trouble.
It does not seem to me that anything is over sold in this film. It is realistic and a credible romance. The twin comes as far through love as the LDS kid.
This is a long time favorite. It is a great melodrama with strong performances by all the cast especially Mary Kay Place as a devout mother trying her best to save her child. This would be easy to overdo but it does give a great deal of credit to the belief and the conflict.
They do not make too much of the details of the religion which many of us consider nonsense but that is none of our business until a gay man gets his balls crushed by repressive haters.
I saw this first on a wide screen at a gay film festival and had to own it.
The love scenes are outstanding which proves that even an uptight Mormon kid can learn the ropes with a good teacher.
Jacqueline Bisset is the strong sure voice of calm.
Spoiler: Happy Ending.
A 5 out of Netflix5.
