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Alex Cooper is raised Mormon and makes the mistake of telling her parents she is gay. The story reveals the abuse Alex must endure to change her from being gay and going straight again. The abusers are a Mormon couple who use a radical form of conversion that includes Alex wearing a backpack full of rocks. At the end of the story we learn that she had to endure 8 months of abuse. The ending credits provide information that such an extreme conversion process is going on today.

When young Alex Cooper met Frankie Jackson, it was love at first sight. Then, the young woman told her parents that she was gay, and her world collapsed. The strict Mormon parents packed her off from her home in Victorville, California to the Simms couple in Utah. Most of the film deals with the dehumanizing treatment of Alex Cooper all in the interest of "conversion therapy."

Quiet honestly, this film is hard to take. It merits only an average rating because there could have been a better approach than the sustained period in which the protagonist is "trapped" in the home of the monsters, Johnny and Tiana Simms.

Even the end of the film was disappointing. After Alex finally gets linked up with a kind teacher and an attorney, we learn that finally she was freed from the torture house of the Simms. We also learn that the father eventually agreed to walk his daughter down the aisle to the altar in the event that she chose to marry a woman. But there was no mention about whether the parents were held liable for child endangerment or if the Simms couple was prosecuted for child abuse.

From her first spark of romance, poor Alex Cooper is expelled from the Garden of Eden and suffers a trial in purgatory that no one should have to endure. The performer playing the role of Alex was outstanding. But the graphic suffering she had to endure went on for too long in the tragic saga of a child held against her will. In writing, there is the adage that "less is more." The film would have been more insightful without the repetitive scenes of torture and abuse.

I was literally shocked about how bad that movie was.

It's been a long time since I watched such a screwed up story made into a movie.

Main character is dumb. I KNOW THAT SHES THE VICTIM HERE, but she doesn't even try to really do anything about the situation. She was told by these parodies of a devout sadists that she's always lying. Watching her doing a bare minimum to prevent this injustice is incredible. She's so phlegmatic and passive. As if she was liking what these people did to her. I know it is based on a true story. It's understandable that this is sad and bad, but the movie is trash.

I thought this movie was really good, and hopefully it has awakened people about conversion therapy. I can't believe it is still legal in 33 states, it is cruel, inhumane, and ridiculous. Why can't people understand no one chooses their sex, and it being gay is not a choice. I don't understand why some parent are ashamed of their kid(s), because of their lifestyle. Alex's parent's were so distraught they traveled to Utah . They gave The Sim's custody of their daughter, to go through Conversion Therapy. They made her wear certain cloths, home school, stand in the wall with rocks in a book bag. She tried to kill herself do to this unlawful treatment;Luckily it was a failed attempt.

When I watched this movie it made me mad. To see what this couple did to this poor girl was a crime. Luckily Alex is a strong lady who fought back and was determined to seek help. After a failed suicide attempt, she thought it would be hopeless to find anyone in the state of Utah to help her. One day she was able to go back to school. She to a friend who was gay if someone could help her. Alex turned to the head of the gay and lesbian council of the school. She got Alex an attorney, and told those at the school if they were to contact the Sims they would go to jail. A great movie more people need to watch, Conversion Therapy should be BANNED. I can relate to Alex's story because I know what it's like to be different, and I'm glad she survived her horrific tale.

Absolutely disgusting that parents would do this to their kid. Religion... ALL religion should be banned. What these people believe is beyond ridiculous. Most kids give up their imaginary friends when they become an adult.