Post Description

2001, 104 min
Country:  US 
Studio :  Here!, Genius Entertainment 
Cast:  Dan Butler, Andrew Elvis Miller, Paul Provenza 
Director:  Michael Selditch 

Dan Butler ("Frasier") stars in this captivating drama about a gay man who goes undercover to a therapist who "converts" gay men to heterosexuality.

Review
"If you could obliterate your same-sex desires, would you?" asks psychologist Dr. Arthur Apsey (Dan Butler, of TV's “Frasier”) to his patient Frank Johnston (Andrew Elvis Miller) in the provocative drama Fixing Frank. This mesmerizing film version of Ken Hanes' sharply written play explores the complex issue of a psychotherapy that purports to convert gays to straight. Coerced by his lover Jonathan (Paul Provenza) to write an exposé about Dr. Apsey, Frank reluctantly agrees to pose as a gay man with an identity crisis. Frank's initial lies about wanting to change, however, may underlie a real willingness to be converted. Does Frank really want to be straight? Is Jonathan using his lover as a pawn in his own game? And does Dr. Apsey have his own agenda? As loyalties shift and ethics get blurred, director Michael Selditch's compelling film builds inexorably to a stunning finale where truth and trust converge. Cleverly shot on digital video, Fixing Frank also raises important questions about the need of self-loathing homosexuals to create "lives that work," and what it means to be -- in a political sense -- a "good fag." The performances by the three actors are uniformly excellent with Butler a standout as Dr. Apsey. A controversial topic, powerfully told and one that begs for a heated debate afterwards. 

Thx Devlin