In the last few years, the controversial practice known as gay conversion therapy - wherein they try to "cure" people of LGBT feelings - has been making news as a number of US states have banned it. "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" shows the horrors experienced by a girl who got subjected to it. The movie's point is that the people who run these camps act as if they're doing something noble, but they're actually just teaching children to hate themselves. No wonder LGBT teens have such a high suicide rate.
I recommend the movie, as it pulls no punches in depicting the cruelty of the practice. There's nothing innocent about gay conversion therapy.
Someone needs to come up with bigot conversion therapy, where drag queens try to convince hate-filled people to stop looking for reasons to fear the "other".
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
2018
Comedy / Drama / Romance
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
2018
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Plot summary
Pennsylvania, 1993. After getting caught with another girl, teenager Cameron Post is sent to a conversion therapy center run by the strict Dr. Lydia Marsh and her brother, Reverend Rick, whose treatment consists in repenting for feeling “same sex attraction.” Cameron befriends fellow sinners Jane and Adam, thus creating a new family to deal with the surrounding intolerance.
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gay conversion therapy is torture
What's in your iceberg?
In 1993, small-town Pennsylvania, Cameron (Chloë Grace Moretz) is caught with another girl at a school dance and is forced to gay conversion camp. Here she is paired off to sleep in a room with another girl and forced to pray the gay away. The teens are further abused by making them dress like Rick Santorum.
The teens create iceberg drawings, attempting to come up with reasons why they are gay like "overly loving parents" or "not enough love from parents" and "gender confusion because of sports" although they never mention the WBA.
It was an interesting film. The climax was not overpowering. The film shies away from any theological argument or genetic discussion. Chloë Grace Moretz plays a subdued part.
Guide: F-word. Brief nudity.
compelling subject matter
It's 1993. Orphan teen Cameron Post (Chloë Grace Moretz) is hiding her love of Coley Taylor (Quinn Shephard) from the rest of the world especially her Christian aunt and community. The girls go to the homecoming dance with their boyfriends and get caught making out in the back of the car. Her aunt drives her to gay conversion camp, God's Promise, run by Dr. Lydia Marsh (Jennifer Ehle) and her brother Reverend Rick (John Gallagher Jr.). Rick was one of Lydia's first conversion subject.
While the premise is compelling, the movie is less so. It needs to heighten the drama by raising the stakes. Instead of simply about her homosexuality, this should be about her yearning to be with Coley. Instead of seeing their relationship in snippets of flashbacks, the movie should invest more into portraying their love story. Once the audience gets invested in them being together, the stake gets raised. Cameron is a quiet character and there isn't much feeling towards the girls' secret relationship. Without a real investment in the character, this is nothing more than an uncomfortable, static litany of events. Moretz is a great young actress and there is good naturalistic acting from the cast.