This Is What Love in Action Looks Like

2011

1h 14m

Documentary

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A community rallys around a teen after he is forced to attend a Christian fundamentalist camp to "cure" him after he tells his parents he is gay.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

A poignant and anger-inducing feature documentary from Morgan Jon Fox.

Rated: 3.0/4.0

Sep 26, 2020

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Fr. Chris Carpenter

Movie Dearest

Moves along briskly and subsequently doesn't allow for much nuance, but its potency can't be denied.

Rated: B

May 12, 2012

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John Beifuss

Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Morgan Jon Fox's six-years-in-the-making documentary was inspired by 'a modern-day message in a bottle': a teen MySpace user's plea to be freed from a controversial 'conversion therapy' program designed to transform homosexuals into 'ex-gay' Christians.

Rated: 3/4

Nov 17, 2011

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I thought they'd show footage of stuff inside the camp itself instead of talking about the rules (which they consistently mentioned) - and even though this WAS a sad documentary, especially due to the accounts of former Love in Action 'clients', it wasn't very thought provoking. I know they probably couldn't film inside, but it's kind of boring in a way because everything is happening outside of the camp.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

This is such a sad documentary. It is also extremely sad that still in today's modern society that people annoy love as they wish. One particular placard that stood out was 'straight but not narrow! What ever you'r beliefs or backgrounds are you ought to try and be open minded.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

A clearly fascinating subject told in an uninspired, scattered and dull manner.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

It was thought provoking .. Overall leaves me feeling sad..

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

Finally, we have the beginnings of legislation aiming to ban this sort of thing. While I have the utmost respect and gratitude for the people who were there every single day protesting, the general discourse in this film on the issue at hand feels somewhat like child abuse based on delusional beliefs vs. love and acceptance through happy delusional beliefs. I find slogans like "God loves gays" to be counter-productive to the core problem of the issue at hand, but it's obviously better than "God hates fags!"

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

Pretty interesting story.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Synopsis

A community rallys around a teen after he is forced to attend a Christian fundamentalist camp to "cure" him after he tells his parents he is gay.

Director: Morgan Jon Fox
Producer: Peterson Toscano
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2017
Runtime: 1h 14m

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