The Falls

A Moving Personal Journey
"The Falls" had the potential to be exploitative and inflammatory, considering its dual subjects: Mormons and homosexuality. Thankfully, it is neither. Credit is due to writer and director Jon Garcia, who deftly navigates a minefield of controversy to create a moving story of one young missionary's personal journey. It is a journey that is admittedly hard to capture in two hours, so this telling is, of a necessity, elliptical.

Mormons will view this film in a completely different light than non-Mormons, despite the director's care in trying not to offend potential audiences. A touching film about two missionaries is not the same thing as a film about two missionaries touching.

Garcia firmly believes that he has made the former: the story of a personal journey and finding love. A film that is respectful of the religion that makes that love fraught with difficulty. And indeed he has.

What I don't think he understands is that most devout Mormons will see...

Delightful..This One Will Sneak Up On You and Tickle Your Funny Bone!
I must say that this beautiful little movie has replaced "Shelter" as my favorite in this film genre. It kicks "Latter Days" in the pants and makes that film look amateurish (the book far outshines the movie). If you are like me you always have reservations about these gay flics because the majority of them are akin to those Indoneasian puppet shadow-shows with prancing cardboard cutout characters and plotlines bordering on cow patties, but, I am here to tell you this one will sneak up on you and tickle your funny bone! There was one scene in their adventures with prospective church members where I was rolling with laughter (no spoilers here). These guys are so loveable, so perfectly human in their conflicted emotions, that you just want to keep them both. Buy the movie and watch it over and over again. You will not be sorry with this one. Highly recommended!

The Falls is a Love Story
I enjoyed this movie. It is such a typical story of growing up gay in the church. These young men finally figure out you can't undo what God created in you. It is a sweet story with no overtly sexual content.

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