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Synopsis: I AM MICHAEL is the incredible true-life story of Michael Glatze (Franco), a high profile gay youth activist who created a national controversy when he claimed to no longer be gay and became a straight Christian pastor. The film follows Michael from his life in San Francisco with his boyfriend Bennett (Quinto), where he pursues political activism, a journalist career at XY Magazine, social awareness, and sexual exploration, to his days of personal self-discovery. After a traumatic scare, Michael is plagued by doubt and paranoia, and begins a religious reawakening. Michael renounces his gay lifestyle, rejects his friends, and endeavors to find his "true self." He explores Buddhism and Mormonism, yet ultimately lands at a Christian Bible school in rural Wyoming where he meets his girlfriend, Rebekah (Roberts), and becomes the pastor of his own church. This powerful new film captures one man's haunting journey through modern concepts of love, denial and redemption.
Director(s): Justin Kelly
Production: Brainstorm Media
  8 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
56
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
NOT RATED
Year:
2015
98 min
374 Views


What's wrong with you?

Nothing.

Look, I have to find

something else to do.

I'm just not cut out

for administrative work.

Give it some time?

I have things I wanna do.

I want my own magazine.

I want something bigger.

I want...

I want to influence people.

I can't do that here.

You're being such a sh*t.

We made the decision

to leave San Francisco together.

No, we didn't.

I mean,

you had to take this job.

Just like you had to take the job

that took us to San Francisco.

Which is how you got your job at

XY, so you should be thanking me.

Is this...

This is supposed to be

Mexican food?

Why don't you go to the store

and make your own food?

Maybe I will.

You'll have to ask me

for money, though,

'cause you don't have any,

remember?

Thanks.

Hey.

Hey.

You're Mike, right?

Uh, yeah.

The XY survivor guide

really helped me out.

Are you stalking me

or something?

Tyler.

Hi.

Hi.

I just...

I wanted you to know

I agree with everything

that you say

about gay identity

and sexuality.

I don't wanna be put into a

box just because I'm gay.

You don't wanna be in a box?

No, I don't wanna be in a box.

You're so f***ing cute.

Can I buy you a drink?

Don't you have a boyfriend?

Hmm...

He'll think you're cute, too.

It's a galaxy.

Uh, actually it's a spiral.

It's the only symbol

that means anything.

It's infinite,

no beginning, no end.

There's a beginning

and there's an end.

All right, well, there's

a more complicated one

that has no beginning

and no end,

but I can't do it

on my pancakes, okay?

How did you guys meet?

How did we meet?

Uh, San Francisco.

We volunteered at this

aids prevention organization.

And we both got arrested protesting

this Christian coalition event.

Which is how I knew

it was true love.

Awesome.

How about you?

What's your deal?

Who are you?

Uh...

I'm a physics student.

Really?

Yeah.

Physics.

Science.

Yeah. I wanna be an astronaut,

but that's probably a long shot.

Oh, god. I'd be terrified

to go into space.

It's just, to me,

earth is just this, like,

tiny speck in the universe.

And humans have only been around

for just a speck of that timeline.

So it's just...

There has to be more to life

than just this, don't you think?

Totally.

Totally.

So Tyler was really cute, huh?

Interesting.

Mm-hmm.

It is interesting, isn't it?

Very interesting.

You know why?

Because I love you so much.

And I really feel like we're

at a place in our relationship

where there's more

than enough love to go around.

And I know that

I'm not afraid of that

and I don't think

that you are either.

Mm-mm. Maybe I am afraid.

Well, you shouldn't be afraid

because I'm here to protect you.

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