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Family Fundamentals

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  • 1h 15m
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6.3/10
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Family Fundamentals (2002)
Documentary
What happens when religiously conservative Christian parents have children who "become homosexual?" FAMILY FUNDAMENTALS is filmmaker Arthur Dong's personal attempt to answer that explosive q... Read allWhat happens when religiously conservative Christian parents have children who "become homosexual?" FAMILY FUNDAMENTALS is filmmaker Arthur Dong's personal attempt to answer that explosive question.What happens when religiously conservative Christian parents have children who "become homosexual?" FAMILY FUNDAMENTALS is filmmaker Arthur Dong's personal attempt to answer that explosive question.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
130
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POPULARITY
275,940
339,551
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    • Director
      • Arthur Dong
    • Writer
      • Arthur Dong
    • Stars
      • Brian Bennett
      • Kathleen Bremner
      • Paul Bremner
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    • Director
      • Arthur Dong
    • Writer
      • Arthur Dong
    • Stars
      • Brian Bennett
      • Kathleen Bremner
      • Paul Bremner
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    • 8User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
    • 68Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Brian Bennett
    • Self
    Kathleen Bremner
    • Self - Expert Psychologist
    Paul Bremner
    • Self - Kathleen's husband
    Guy Foti
    • Self - David's partner
    David Jester
    • Self - Kathleen's grandson
    Susan Jester
    • Self - Kathleen's daughter
    Brett Mathews
    • Self - Son of a Mormon Bishop
    Cynthia Alardo
    • Self
    Phil Alardo
    • Self
    Dolores Horsman
    • Self - Conference Committee Chair
    Welda Koenig
    • Self
    William Koenig
    • Self
    • (as Rev. William Koenig)
    John McGraw
    • Self - California Republican Party Chair, 2000
    Shawn Steel
    • Self - California Republucan Party Chair, 2001
    Manuel Taboada
    • Self
    Nancy Taboada
    • Self
    Bill Green
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        6/10
        wolves in fool's clothing
        The real problem with this film is that the so-called Christians are all so self-obsessed and vain, so full of the cruelty born of ignorance that it's very difficult not to hurl bricks at the screen. The Mormon has it worst. But in my experience Mormons persecute their gay children more venomously than any other denomination. In the case of the 'support group' run by the 'Spatula Ministries' (I'm not making that up) that the children of these half-wits talk to them at all displays a level of tolerance wholly undeserved. As for Brian and his mentor Bob Dornen... I can't for the life of me think why he would have wasted five minutes of his life on such a pig. His speech on the floor of the house is one of the more repulsive displays I've ever witnessed. Though he manages to be quite oblivious of his racism he revels in his homophobia. That the men and women persecuted by these fools have raised themselves to live useful lives and to find some measure of personal happiness in the face of such oppression speaks volumes. This is the real value of the film. I lost most of my family when I came out and have had no contact with my father for years. If I had to do it over I might well get this film and let them see it in the hopes that they would see their own behavior in the actions of these self-righteous bigots. In time let's hope young men and women won't have to go through such torture.
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        • Release date
          • January 2002 (United States)
        • Country of origin
          • United States
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          • Official site
          • PBS (United States)
        • Language
          • English
        • Production company
          • DeepFocus Productions Inc.
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        • Gross US & Canada
          • $11,344
        • Opening weekend US & Canada
          • $7,352
          • Oct 13, 2002
        • Gross worldwide
          • $11,344
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          1 hour 15 minutes
        • Color
          • Color
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          • Mono
          • Stereo
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.85 : 1

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