The Miseducation of Cameron Post - Review
Director: Desiree Akhivan Cast: Chloe Grace Moretz, Sasha Lane, John Gallagher Jr, Forrest Goodluck, Jennifer Ehle Set in 1993, Cameron Post (Chloe Grace Moretz) is caught getting intimate with her female best friend on their prom night. She is sent to a Christian camp called God's Promise where she can "pray away the gay" and is subjected to questionable gay conversion therapies with the camp's fellow residents. A film centred around the controversial topic of gay conversion camps would presumably have clear heroes and villains. However, Desiree Akhivan is more interested in focusing on exquisite detail rather than painting with broad strokes as she creates intimate character studies by approaching all of the characters with empathy and compassion. The moral horrors of gay conversion therapy are evident to us but to a number of disciples, the camp and its practices are necessary in "curing" their Same Sex Attraction (SSA). They place their faith in the