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Pray Away
Directed by
Kristine Stolakis
PG-13
2021
1h 41m
Documentary
6.5
92%
78%
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Former leaders of the "pray the gay away" movement contend with the aftermath unleashed by their actions, while a survivor seeks healing and acceptance from more than a decade of trauma.
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Cast of Pray Away
Julie Rodgers
Self
Randy Thomas
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Yvette Cantu Schneider
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Jeffrey McCall
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Alan Chambers
Self
Pray Away Ratings & Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
"Pray Away" is a wise and compassionate film about anti-gay conversion therapy as it's practiced and encouraged by the evangelical church.
RogerEbert.com
Nick Allen
Pray Away narrows its purpose to be simply informative; it is too artistically flat to have the emotional peaks that would give its own otherwise vital message some dynamic.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
For all its sobering and poignant moments, Pray Away also has its stories of triumph...
San Jose Mercury News
Randy Myers
A chilling film...
Los Angeles Times
Carlos Aguilar
With every added account of shameful contrition, the realization that this issue exists very much in the present tense weighs heavy on the viewer...
New York Times
Ben Kenigsberg
"Pray Away" is more interesting when it focuses on how most of its subjects eventually embraced gay and bisexual identities despite having formerly been so public in their homophobia.
TheWrap
Dan Callahan
Such visual reenforcement is constant, as we see footage of many so-called "ex-ex-gays" when they were being tortured by their ministries alongside footage of them looking far happier after they escaped.
The Hollywood Reporter
David Rooney
A sobering account of Christian intervention rooted in toxic homophobia.
The Daily Beast
Kevin Fallon
Pray Away reveals the trauma and danger within religious communities that weaponize faith to convince LGBT members to "convert" to heterosexuality.
Awards Daily
Joey Moser
Pray Away is hard to shake but Stolakis leaves us with light and beauty even though the darkness is still a threat.
Eye for Film
Jennie Kermode
It's an attempt at reparation by some of those involved, and a moving collection of personal stories.
Paste Magazine
Jacob Oller
There is value in the hindsight found in the film, but it's more often an off-putting test of our empathetic limits filmed as incuriously as possible.
Third Coast Review
Lisa Trifone
Stolakis's film is a meaningful, enlightening record of this lived experience and an essential chronicle of this chapter in the LGBTQ community's ongoing journey.
Film Threat
Alan Ng
Pray Away is an essential film for my fellow Evangelicals, who need to see the gay Christian issue from a different perspective that we've been resistant to see from the beginning.
Film Festival Today
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
To paraphrase my own favorite New Testament verse ... the greatest thing we have to give in this universe is love. Give it freely, and without judgment. Amen to that.
Tilt Magazine
Stephen Silver
It's harrowing and disturbing, but still necessary.
AIPT
Nathaniel Muir
Emotional look a the "pray the gay away movement". The documentary picks a side, but still shows differing opinions.
EskimoTV
Jason Escamilla
Pray Away is a profound culturally relevant documentary that is informative on the harmful effects of gay-to-staight conversion therapy.
Philadelphia Gay News
Gary M. Kramer
Stolakis's critical documentary is truly devastating.
HollywoodChicago.com
Patrick McDonald
Kristine Stolakis film debut is a primer for pain/suffering that is totally unnecessary, if only humans could accept orientation in our fellow travelers and not live in fear.
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