Sadly Over-hyped

Best movie of this year hands down!

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

I loved this documentary so much! Beautifully done with a loving intent that could be felt through my screen. Thank you for bringing to me a greater awareness of a very important issue. Truly heart expanding.

I caught this at Sundance and was initially moved by the sentiments of the film, Dan's openness, and the idea that he could be such a voice for change in an isolated community. However, I then heard the filmmakers speak and even got a chance to talk to one of them myself and learned that this wasn't the movie they set out to make and felt like I was witnessing a fraud.They intended to make a movie about Dan's depression and fame but ended up guiding the picture to become what I assume they believed would be a film that would sell and gain awards.I gave this 3 stars because I honestly believe in the message of the movie, but to later learn that it was funded by LiveNation I can only assume it was intended to help promote their band and make a mormon follower seem more likable to the mainstream.After watching the film, I learned that Dan was now appearing in anti-smoking ads too. I think he is just attempting to retain popularity through social righteousness and anyone and everyone is piggy packing along for the ride. He seems like a good person and I wish him the best, but this film makes me feel cheated.Love one another, and realize what you're watching when you see this picture.

What a beautiful piece! I caught this at Sundance and it absolutely was my favorite film of the weekend. It was incredibly courageous and such a necessary catalyst for change. Hopefully the Mormon leaders will see this film and feel a need to listen to the voices of the gay youth sitting in their very pews. I believe that this film will save lives. Our gay youth need to see this film and feel the much needed love and acceptance they deserve. My eyes were glued to the screen the entire time and my heart was broken but also given hope for a future of equality and acceptance. I have no idea how someone could watch this film and walk away with a negative view of it unless they were just searching for a reason to spew hate. I enjoyed listening to Reynolds interview on NPR recently and got further insight in to the reasoning behind the creation of this documentary and could feel his sense of passion and determination. We need more straight allies to shed light on our gay youth and the unfortunate situations they are often born in to due to religion and family situations.I'm looking forward to the film coming out on HBO to share it with my family and friends. Hopefully it will open up some of their conservative eyes and help them to see the sad truth of religious guilt upon our children.What a beautiful film!

A group of straight white males got together to make an outsider film about the LGBTQ community. It has it's touching moments but overall it is slow, boring, and full of story holes. It plays more as an apology letter from a man (Reynolds) who actively worked with the Mormons to discriminate against the gay community and is now worried that this revelation will impact his record sales.It was almost as if the filmmakers just got access to the lead singer of a major band but couldn't find anything else for him to do but speak out about seemingly outdated issues that leads us to a pointless conclusion/solution. Reynolds, who is a bit slow witted and very reminiscent of Andy Samberg's character in 'Popstar'... and also a Mormon, believes that the resolution to the Mormon/Gay conflict is to hold a concert event. Thats it. That sums up the whole movie.I only gave the film a single star because I couldn't rate it any lower. It felt like a complete waste of time.