The Sunday Sessions

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The Sunday Sessions

Released Feb 5, 2019

1h 29m

Documentary

Drama

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A young man's religious identity is called into question when he visits a conversion therapist.

Steven Prokopy

Third Coast Review

The Sunday Sessions is a gripping, often heartbreaking experience that allows the naked image of the human face to do the bulk of the heavy lifting.

Jul 14, 2020

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Brian Bromberger

Bay Area Reporter

[Filmmaker Richard] Yeagley crafts a gripping psychological thriller as we guess what Nathan's outcome will be.

May 29, 2020

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David Lamble

Bay Area Reporter

The Sunday Sessions takes a centuries-old dilemma - the demons imposed on believers by orthodox Roman Catholicism - and gives it a fresh spin.

May 29, 2020

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Christopher Llewellyn Reed

Hammer to Nail

[Yeagley's] unpolemical approach, evenhanded and subtle, is occasionally unsettling, but ultimately to the benefit of the movie.

Apr 22, 2019

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Kenneth R. Morefield

1More Film Blog

I'll now own the fact that the most counter-cultural thing in this portrait of a conflicted gay man is his insistence that his religious identity is not some choice that can be jettisoned.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 15, 2019

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

The real power of this film is the encouragement to listen without prejudice.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 14, 2019

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To me, the movie showed the pain caused by the false promise of gay conversion therapy. The young man in the sessions had problems, but this so-called therapy made his life worse. If you google search "Ex-Gay' Christopher Doyle admits trying to molest children in his Mother's daycare" you get a surprising account of the man's life from his own writings. The movie should be shown in churches and schools just on its own merits, though.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Synopsis

A young man's religious identity is called into question when he visits a conversion therapist.

Director: Richard Yeagley
Producer: Richard Yeagley
Production Co: Dickie Bruce Productions
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 5, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 25, 2019
Runtime: 1h 29m

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