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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.

Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Genre: Dramas

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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Even if the film feels somewhat contrived, stick with it; you'll be rewarded by what it has to say.

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03/22/04
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

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

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Full Review Source: Baltimore City Paper | comment Comment
05/20/06
Blake DePastino
Blake DePastino
Baltimore City Paper

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Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Film Threat
N/R

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Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
07/21/05
Houston Chronicle

The BIG sex scene starts poorly as the pair, alone at last due to a so-convenient snow storm, efficiently undress themselves as if preparing for a rugby match ...

Full Review Source: JWR | comment Comment
12/07/04
S. James Wegg
S. James Wegg
JWR

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 cliched about the story.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
07/16/04
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

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

Full Review Source: Old School Reviews | comment Comment
06/30/04
John A. Nesbit
John A. Nesbit
Old School Reviews
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Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
06/18/04
Arizona Republic

Ramsey's heartbreak, stock taking and determination to see to it the relationship gets a second chance are as affecting as anything the genre has produced in recent memory.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
05/18/04
Rick Kisonak
Rick Kisonak
Film Threat

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

The screenplay is efficient to a fault, populated with stock characters.

Full Review Source: Des Moines Register | comment Comment
05/07/04
Jeffrey Bruner
Jeffrey Bruner
Des Moines Register

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

Full Review Source: Killer Movie Reviews | comment Comment
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)
N/R

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04/08/04
Orlando Weekly

What would happen between a hedonistic fairy and an earnest but curious Mormon?

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04/07/04
Marty Mapes
Marty Mapes
Movie Habit
N/R

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04/03/04
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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

It's a winning, heartfelt and conflicted piece where the conflicts often resolve themselves in surprising ways.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
04/02/04
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

A coming-of-age, coming-out, romantic comedy, religious intolerance flick, and if that sounds a bit crowded, that's because it is.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
04/02/04
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News
 
 
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