I think the film shows a deep understanding of how Mormons react to black sheep in their family. As with most gay people, they had to form their own family as represented by Thanksgiving at the end.
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We get a hint that the mother reconciled with her son as she realized that his boyfriend loved him enough to drive to Idaho just to return the grandfather's watch. Many LDS youth are thrown out by their parents for being gay, and many of them attempt suicide. Not all Mormons would react this way, but many would. His wife reacts by cleaning the house, trying to make her home picture perfect even as her son is sent home in disgrace and then attempts suicide. He reacts to the shame of the family by playing the perfect Mormon clergy, exing his own son and pulling away from his wife. This was a harsh portrayal of a Mormon family, where the father is more engaged in his secular career and church career than in his wife and son. He is glad we've had so many discussions about it and about Mormonism so he can explain to the kids why the Mormon church is so homophobic-how it is run by very old men who have been insulated for decades, and why their theology is so anti-justice. My friend said these three movies are being shown constantly at the center right now with this all being in the forefront, especially when the college-aged kids get together. It's to rally in support of the decisions in front of the SCOTUS on overturning Prop 8 and DOMA. There is an organized national Rally for Justice on March 26th.
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Their director is a good friend of mine and we had a lot of discussions when the Prop 8 movie came out. I have given both of these movies, as well as several copies of "8:The Mormon Proposition" (that we were given at the 2010 exmo conference) to the local Gay and Lesbian Community Center. So you send these guys who might be struggling with sexual identity into a situation where they are with another guy 24/7, and no outlet for their own personal growth. I also just purchased and watch "The Falls." I thought it did a good job of portraying the mundane life of a missionary and the conundrum of expecting all young men to serve a mission when the odds are that the percentage of gay guys in the general population is the same (or more) in TSCC. They did a real good job with getting the feelings of that across. The scene of his high council court took me back in time to having to sit in one with my (ex)husband.
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I just knew how I would have felt as a TBM mother who's total identity was tied up in how good a mormon I was. And what surprised me was how sorry I felt for the mother, even though I was an exmo when I watched it. When he comes home from his mission and there is no fanfare at the airport to meet him, just his disappointed mother who can barely contain herself, it just rips your heart out. You know it would go down exactly like it does in the movie. Probably not a cinematic stunner, but a great story and it hits it out of the ball park. "Latter-Days" is such a heart-wrenching movie.