Sorry, but nothing in this short is recommendable. It starts with the mid to late 20's actors playing teens and goes downhill from there. The characters are cardboard cutouts, not real characters, from the lisping, soft son, to the rigid pastor father there is just no there there.
A more interesting story would be a gay character who doesn't look, act and talk gay. Why not make Connor the butch captain of the football team and create real complexity and dilemma where you don't just worry about the pressure from your Christian parents, but feel the pressure of peers as well and the true internal struggle of a Christian teen trying to deal with his sexuality.
How about developing a Christian pastor, who while he preaches against homosexuality, now feels his own conflicts as his athlete son, the one he is so proud of, starts to confront his sexuality. The domineering father who forced his always a pansy son into athletics is such a cliché, so is the automatic Christian homophobe.
There is no depth, shaky acting (except the mother) and a tired old storyline.
A more interesting story would be a gay character who doesn't look, act and talk gay. Why not make Connor the butch captain of the football team and create real complexity and dilemma where you don't just worry about the pressure from your Christian parents, but feel the pressure of peers as well and the true internal struggle of a Christian teen trying to deal with his sexuality.
How about developing a Christian pastor, who while he preaches against homosexuality, now feels his own conflicts as his athlete son, the one he is so proud of, starts to confront his sexuality. The domineering father who forced his always a pansy son into athletics is such a cliché, so is the automatic Christian homophobe.
There is no depth, shaky acting (except the mother) and a tired old storyline.