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I Am Michael
Directed by
Justin Kelly
2015
1h 41m
Not Rated
Drama
,
Biography
,
and more
5.6
62%
37%
Watch Free
Based on the fascinating true-life story of Michael Glatze, a gay activist who becomes a Christian pastor after identifying as a heterosexual.
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Cast of I Am Michael
James Franco
Michael Glatze
Zachary Quinto
Bennett
Emma Roberts
Rebekah Fuller
Daryl Hannah
Deborah
Lesley Ann Warren
Susan
Avan Jogia
Nico
Charlie Carver
Tyler
Devon Graye
Cory
Evie Thompson
Nicole
Leven Rambin
Catherine
Ahna O'Reilly
Actress
Jefferson Mays
Preacher Teacher
Jan Maxwell
Coltry
Nick Rehberger
Adam
Kevin Cahoon
Peter
Blake Lee
Benoit Denizet-Lewis
Jacob Loeb
Teddy
Daniel Polo
Paul
Deidre Goodwin
Cheryl
Blake Young-Fountain
Chris
Vince Jolivette
Pastor Mike
Jenna Leigh Green
Emergency Room Doctor
Amelia Campbell
Judy Shepard
Patrick Page
Bible Teacher
Lance Roberts
Bishop
Eva Augustina Sinotte
Sexy Lady / Eva
Juan Castano
Anthony
Kanoa Goo
Bible Student
Anna Myrha
Buddhist Advisor
Joe Baken
Jeremy
Jaime Cepero
Kid
Ruthie Ann Miles
Kid
Raymond T. Williams
Heart Specialist
Sophie Savides
Crying Girl
Ella Dershowitz
Liberty Student 1
Reema Sampat
Liberty Student 2
Anna Suzuki
Drunk Friend 1
Anni Weisband
Drunk Friend 2
Patrick John Fagan
Paul's Boyfriend
Allison Gallerani
Derica
Laura Ling
News Reporter
I Am Michael Reviews
AV Club
Noel Murray
Franco never plays this character as hurt or vindictive. Right to the end, he's earnestly seeking, determined not to be slapped with any label, and willing to risk being totally alone.
Washington Post
Pat Padua
An intermittently affecting - but not entirely convincing - conversion story.
RogerEbert.com
Sheila O'Malley
Kelly is finding his sea-legs as a director.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Franco gives a sensitive performance, and this is a film worth seeing, but it's not easy to see.
indieWire
Eric Kohn
Justin Kelly's first feature offers an evenhanded portrait of its controversial subject, but it doesn't make his decisions easy to take.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
The performances are uniformly good and Kelly's effort to tell an unbiased story is admirable, but I Am Michael ultimately delivers more in the way of talking points than drama.
The Playlist
Simon Abrams
An interesting story, but unfortunately, rather uninterestingly told.
Slant Magazine
Diego Semerene
Justin Kelly's film is more interested in rushing through the narrative's events than contemplating their environment.
TheWrap
Tricia Olszewski
Franco's fantastic here. He gives a fieriness to Michael as a gay advocate, then seamlessly slides into borderline madness as he starts accepting that the "voice" he hears is God's.
NPR
Andrew Lapin
Despite some wooden line readings, Franco gives himself fully to the challenge of rendering Glatze with truth and resolve.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
Mr. Franco broods and puzzles and vacillates. But he often seems abandoned by a director whose approach is so noncommittal and dramatically limp that it strands the actor, and his character, in a bland purgatory of conflicting motivations.
Los Angeles Times
Robert Abele
A soberly stylish, impressively non-judgmental portrait of a controversial real-life case of transformation.
TIME Magazine
Stephanie Zacharek
Kelly and his actors seem anxious not to judge Glatze, but they can't downplay the cutting nature of his betrayal.
Village Voice
Melissa Anderson
It stars James Franco in the title role - casting that proves to be the film's biggest burden.
Film Comment Magazine
Michael Koresky
The film is careful not to judge its protagonist's spiritual journey, but the delicately pointed direction of the final phone call between Michael and Bennett-Franco shot discreetly from behind and to the side; Quinto head on, facing camera-speaks volumes
Variety
Peter Debruge
An unusually nuanced James Franco carries this complex portrait of a man who came out and fought to encourage other LGBT youth before converting to conservative Christianity.
The Hollywood Reporter
Boyd van Hoeij
Thankfully, the screenplay doesn't portray the story in simple terms of good or evil but that doesn't mean that there's quite enough nuance or insight to constantly elevate the material above the level of a well-made but TV-ready biopic.
Paste Magazine
Kenji Fujishima
Kelly chronicles this all this with the clear-headedness of a detective procedural -- a sense of detachment that makes the film even more unsettling.
We Got This Covered
Matt Donato
James Franco is a stand-out in I Am Michael, but the film's specific story struggles to relate on a broader scale.
PopMatters
Argun Ulgen
Fortunately, I am Michael proves itself to be an uneven film in the best possible way.
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