GOING STR8 TO CHURCH! 'SAVE ME' HITS THE SCREENS

Save Me is a deft exploration of the controversial ex-gay movement. The story follows Mark (Chad Allen), a drug-addicted young man who overdoses and finds himself at the mercy of his disapproving family. Their solution to Mark's problems is to check him into a Christian run ministry overseen by Gayle (Judith Light), who believes she can help cure young men of their 'gay affliction' through spiritual guidance. At first, Mark resists the efforts of Gayle and her loving husband Ted (Stephen Lang), but soon finds solace and brotherhood with several of the members, including Scott (Robert Gant), who is battling family demons of his own. When Mark and Scott begin to find their friendship developing into an unexpected romance, both are forced to confront the new attitudes they're beginning to accept, and Gayle finds the values she holds as an absolute truth to be threatened.

Directed by Robert Cary, from a screenplay by Robert Desiderio, Save Me is a love story that offers a complex and timely examination of one of the most polarizing religious and sexual debates in America, while intricately showing the way love (for oneself, most importantly) can heal in all its various forms.



“Save Me” opens Sept. 5th in Manhattan and now paying at Laemmle Sunset 5 8000 Sunset Blvd. in West Hollywood Showtimes: 1:30 - 4:20 - 7:10 - 9:55

Comments

[Eduardo]

In my country there are some Christian groups that consider homosexuality as a psychological disorder and offer their services to "convert gays in normal people". Of course, I stay away from them.

[TylerAnthony]

from what I read this kind of thing happens a lot at these Ex Gay ministries. I remember reading an article in 1994 about Exodus the 2 male leaders of the ministry fell in love. They said something about the healing power of Gods love is real and people do find wholeness and healing, but that does not change their sexuality.

[MarcosD]

Sept 5 or Oct 5?