The movie makes it seem like the cowed teen is finally standing up to his tormentor, the author of his tragedy. And finally, the film ends with Jared's confrontation with his father. Self reflections and his insightful portrayals of the other participants make his book far more moving than the film. The plot of the book is actually pretty thin Garrard's The other aspect of the book that is mostly missing from the movie is Garrard Conley's interior dialogue. The "therapy" is truly scary and I don't think this was captured well in the film. It is brainwashing, intended to destroy independence of mind. It's much more clear in the book that the point of conversion therapy is to crush participants' self-esteem and replace it with a slavish adherence to fundamentalist ideology. However, in this case, the seminars seemed facile and facilitators were caricatures, almost laughable rather than menacing. This adaptation takes a lot of liberties with the story from the book, which is certainly common enough and can lead to a more entertaining film.
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