
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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
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| Film ThreatPhil HallThe result is a mature, graceful and extraordinary accomplishment. |
| Film Journal InternationalDavid NohAs in his other searingly intelligent docs, Dong presents the facts in an admirably clear-eyed way. |
| Dallas Morning NewsTom SimeThe film is almost eerily calm and refuses to take sides. But that lets its insights penetrate all the deeper. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. Anderson[Dong] makes a valiant effort to understand everyone's point of view, and he does such a good job of it that Family Fundamentals gets you riled up. |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoDong, who is gay, does his best to stay objective. Just how these families interact may surprise you. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonDong doesn't demonize the conservative Christians he talks to, but he doesn't have to... |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekInformative, intriguing, observant, often touching...gives a human face to what's often discussed in purely abstract terms. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe film discusses important social and personal issues, although the interview subjects don't always have enlightening things to say. |
| VarietyDennis HarveyDocmeister Arthur Dong brings empathetic balance and emotional heft to the discord between fundamentalist Christian parents and their gay children. |
| L.A. WeeklyErnest HardyIt's potentially strong material, but the film is so determined not to demonize the conservatives that it winds up being an inadvertent profile in the banality of bigotry. |