08/12/2008
First Look: Save Me with Chad Allen
Here's a first look at the one-sheets for the upcoming film Save Me, which stars Chad Allen, Robert Gant, Judith Light, and Steven Lang and had its premiere at Sundance. The film tells the story of a young gay addict who is placed into an "ex-gay" Christian retreat to be "cured" of his homosexuality, and the romance that blossoms with a fellow resident.
The film opens on September 5 in New York.
An alternate one-sheet as well as the trailer, AFTER THE JUMP...
And here's the trailer. Love the cast. Judith Light looks amazing.
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So if I want to meet a nice guy I should go to a ex-gay retreat?
Posted by: SJ | Aug 13, 2008 11:40:06 AM
I saw 'Save Me' at Sundance, and it was a big disappointment. I wanted to like it, and I give a lot of credit to all the people behind it for their earnest effort. But as a gay man who is very familiar with the ex-gay movement from my own experience in a deprogramming ministry, I have to say that scene after scene simply didn't ring true to the emotional and spiritual experience of what such a program, and one's passage through it, is like. The outward trappings are there, but the characterizations and dialogue are mostly trite, arch, stereotypical and, ultimately, heavy-handed. A handful of moments in this movie feel genuine, but the vast majority of the film comes off as stilted and regrettably after-school-special-like, suffocating under the estimable weight of its good intentions. It's not my intention to mock the film -- again, I really do appreciate the effort -- but there's simply no comparing it to the sublime 'Brokeback Mountain'.
Posted by: Wessy | Aug 13, 2008 11:52:45 AM