Latter Days

Latter Days

Christian (Wes Ramsey of the washboard abs) is a waiter, party boy, and first-class man magnet. Elder Aaron Davis (Steve Sandvoss of the goofy grin) is a straight-laced Mormon missionary. When he and three elders, including the uptight Ryder (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Mysterious Skin), move into Christian's Hollywood apartment complex, it's clear something's got to give. Christian tries to make his new neighbors feel welcome, but they're put off by his flamboyance--the short-shorts, the rainbow flag in his yard, etc. When Christian's trash-talking pals at Lila's restaurant, including the cynical Traci (Amber Benson, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), bet that he can't seduce one of these clean-cut young men, he takes them up on it and sets his sights on cute, soft-spoken Aaron. As a pretense, he asks to learn more about his Church, but where they really connect is over their love of old movies, everything from Psycho to Tommy. When Aaron accuses him of being shallow, however, Christian starts to wonder if the bet wasn't such a good idea--plus he's starting to fall for the guy. Turns out the closeted Aaron feels the same way about him, but when his roommates find out, he's shipped back to Pocatello where he faces excommunication. Written and directed by C. Jay Cox (Sweet Home Alabama), a former Mormon missionary, Latter Days features Mary Kay Place as Aaron's disapproving mother and Jacqueline Bisset as the acerbic, yet supportive Lila. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Production: TLA Releasing
  3 wins.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
45
Rotten Tomatoes:
45%
R
Year:
2003
107
Website
2,038 Views
Aaron prays, Christian plays. Opposites attract.

Christian:
God I hate the snow.

Elder Aaron Davis:
What are you doing here?

Christian:
I came after you. How could you just leave without saying anything.

Elder Aaron Davis:
It's not my choice, I am being sent home in shame. And I'm probably going to be excommunicated.

Christian:
For a kiss? I mean it was a very nice kiss, but come on. We didn't even get to use our tongues.

Elder Aaron Davis:
You wouldn't understand.

Christian:
I'm sorry, I'm not very good at this. See, I've never made a fool out of myself in front of anyone before. But I've never felt this way before about anyone in my entire life.

Elder Aaron Davis:
What for just some guy you can't have. And next week you'll be on to your next conquest?

Christian:
But what if you're not? Huh? What if everything in my entire pathetic life, which I happen to love, has led to this point? Right here, right now. What if you're the blinding light in the middle of the road that strikes me like that guy, the guy in...

Elder Aaron Davis:
The Bible?

Christian:
Yeah.

Elder Aaron Davis:
Paul.

Christian:
Yeah. And what if everything has changed like that... and lions lay down with lambs and colors mix with whites. What if you're the one that I've been waiting for my whole life and I let you go?

Elder Aaron Davis:
You have no idea what I'd be giving up.

Christian:
Damn it! What is wrong with you? You want revelations engraved in gold and angels trumpting down from heaven? But what if this is it instead? Me, telling you I love you, right here, in the snow? I think that is pretty miraculous. But if you don't... I'll go. I'll walk and you can pretend that this was just some coincidence. You can pretend there wasn't some reason that we met, and that you're sorry I ever walked into you life.

Christian:
God, I hate the snow.


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