This is a weird one to review, and not because the movie is weird, it's because of the topic of the film. This is a story about a teenage girl who gets put in a gay conversion therapy center. Needless to say, that's a thorny subject matter to tackle, and immediately gets a specific reaction depending on the person. Not only that, but this story is siding with one specific point of view in an almost propaganda-like manner, which I don't think helps the movie.
All that wouldn't have been an issue, if I didn't think the movie was a bit flawed. Yes, it's easy to sympathize with the plight of the title character; Cameron Post, in how she is coping with the fact she is being told that her homosexuality is evil. I also thought Chloe Grace Moretz portrayed the character excellently, and it felt believable to side with her in this premise. However, the contents in themselves weren't really that interesting.
You get bits and pieces of topics that warrants some discussion; via certain character highlights to specific plot points, but the story itself didn't feel it was necessary to delve deeper into those issues. I think I would have found the whole thing more fascinating, if they did more of a contrast between the two sides, instead of just seemingly mocking the other point of view of this story. Since this is what was decided for this movie, I thought it was mildly interesting overall, but mostly it just meandered and spun it's wheels over and over again.
Not to be a prude or anything, but I also don't know why it was necessary to linger on multiple scenes where Chloe Grace Moretz is passionately kissing somebody (girl or boy), and have her simulate some sexual acts. It just seemed a bit indulgent, unless they were going for some kind of shock value or titillation with those scenes.
I expected to get some good insight or even some good enlightenment about the premise for "The Miseducation of Cameron Post," but all I really got was a shallow perspective on the topic. To be honest, I was kinda bored a lot of the times. Which is too bad, because this is a subject matter truly worth exploring more in detail. Maybe there's a better movie out there for this.
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