Editing Latter Days (section)

===Critical response===
Critics' reviews have been mixed; on the review aggregator website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], 46% of 48 critics' reviews are positive, with an average score of 5.4/10.<ref name="rt">{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=latter_days|type=movie|access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose|45|21}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/latter-days|title=Latter Days Reviews|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref> Frank Scheck, reviewer for ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', wrote: "Cox's screenplay, while occasionally lapsing into the sort of clichés endemic to so many gay-themed films, generally treats its unusual subject matter with dignity and complexity."<ref>Scheck, Frank. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181509/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2086389 Latter Days.] ''The Hollywood Reporter'', (February 9, 2004). Retrieved January 29, 2011.</ref> Film critic [[Roger Ebert]] gave it two and a half stars out of four, declaring that the script was peopled from the "[[stock character|Stock Characters]] Store" and "the movie could have been a.) a gay love story, or b.) an attack on the Mormon Church, but is an awkward fit by trying to be c.) both at the same time."<ref>Ebert, Roger. [http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/latter-days-2004 Latter Days.] Originally published in ''Chicago Sun-Times'', (February 13, 2004), Retrieved December 18, 2006.</ref> Michael Wilmington of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' commented "this movie is often as kitschy and artificial as&nbsp;... ''[[Sweet Home Alabama (film)|Sweet Home Alabama]]''" (another film written by Cox).<ref>Wilmington, Michael. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080314132716/http://movies.zap2it.com/movies/movies/reviews/text/0%2C1259%2C---20434%2C00.html 'Latter Days'] ''Chicago Tribune'' (February 11, 2004). Retrieved October 25, 2014.</ref>

Other reviewers were more favourable, such as ''[[Toronto Sun]]'' critic Liz Braun, who said ''Latter Days'' was "the most important gay male movie of the past few years."<ref name= "Jam"/> Kevin Thomas of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' commented: "At once romantic, earthy and socially critical, ''Latter Days'' is a dynamic film filled with humor and pathos."<ref>Thomas, Kevin. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070523200705/http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-kevin30jan30%2C2%2C1454548.story?coll=cl-mreview Latter Days: Party boy meets Mormon missionary. What happens next overwhelms them both.] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', (January 30, 2004). Retrieved January 29, 2011.</ref> Gary Booher, an editor for the [[LGBTQ]] Mormon organization [[Affirmation: LGBTQ Mormons, Families, & Friends|Affirmation]], said "It was so realistic that it was scary. I felt exposed as the particulars of my experience and of others I know was brazenly spread across the big screen for all to behold."<ref name="Affirmation">Booher, Gary. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234813/http://www.affirmation.org/films/latter_days.shtml "Latter Days" Is the Hit Movie at L.A. Outfest.] Affirmation.org, (July 2003). Retrieved January 30, 2011.</ref>