Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk (2017)
- Directed by
- Eric Stoltz
- Genre
- comedy, romance, drama
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rated
- 15
- Rating
- 4.8 of 10 from 20 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
In 1980s California, a teenage Jehovah's Witness struggles with his faith and his lack of sexual experiences. The film contrasts his religious community with the secular world through embedded interviews.
introspectiveawkwardpoignantquietly comicperiodunderstatedwryuncomfortable
What happens
Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk is a 2017 film directed by Eric Stoltz, produced by Kenny Hughes and written by Tony DuShane, with the screenplay based on his own novel. Set in the mid-1980s in California, it is about a young Jehovah's Witness and his doubts and sexual experiences, or lack thereof, over the course of about a year. Scenes within the Jehovah's Witnesses community and families are contrasted to "worldly" settings, often symbolized by presence of globes. Short interviews, appearing to be interviews with real Jehovah's Witnesses, are interspersed in. One interviewee was played by David Hedison (1927–2019), in his final film role. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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