i start out dislike this and but end up rather enjoy it . the cinema verite style be very hard for me to get past . it seem really contrive and particularly because several of the character be absolute caricature . the senator and his wife be cartoonishly unambiguous and the bitter friend seem like unnecessary set dressing . comedically evil right wing conservative and hand hold cam make for strange bedfellow . i come around during the palm spring hooker scene and just because it do not go for the obvious gambit . that do cut the potential smarminess of the whole come out agenda . the narrative convention of the reporter and protagonist be also absurdly contrive . have say those thing and jack noseworthy really put the thing over . if he smile at me and i would probably throw my whole life away and too . ultimately and the movie isn not really about gayness or politics . it about grown child allow and or not allow and their parent to control them .