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Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story

2019 · 88 min

A harrowing, claustrophobic true story that immerses you in one girl's fight for identity and freedom against oppressive control.

Tagline: You can't pray away who you are.
Overview: When a teenager reveals that she is gay to her devout Mormon parents, they decide to send her to a conversion therapy home in Utah.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, isolation, family, trauma
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
family
trauma
survival
Places: suburbs
small town
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: true story
single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild