Henry Gamble's Birthday Party
2015 · Movie · NR · 87 min · ★ 5.9 · 71% critics
Over one eventful afternoon, a preacher’s kid’s birthday pool party brings together church adults, religious teens, and more secular friends. As conversations and tensions build, the gathering becomes a quiet clash of faith, identity, attraction, and social expectations.
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Details
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2015-12-20
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 71/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 (105 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a restrained teen drama about faith, sexuality, and social pressure, especially near Giant Little Ones or The Miseducation of Cameron Post; Not for you if you need fast pacing.
Pros: single-day party setup; faith-and-identity themes; teen-adult ensemble | Cons: some found boring; incoherent story; awkward tone
Themes
- chicago, illinois
- adultery
- birthday
- sexuality
- birthday party
- swimming pool
- coming of age
- in the closet
- lgbt
- lgbt teen
- shame
- pool party
- +6 more
Cast & crew
Cole Doman
as Henry Gamble
Pat Healy
as Bob Gamble
Elizabeth Laidlaw
as Kat Gamble
- NG
Nina Ganet
as Autumn Gamble
Daniel Kyri
as Logan
Francis Guinan
as Larry Montgomery
Hanna Dworkin
as Bonnie Montgomery
- DN
Darci Nalepa
as Grace Montgomery
- PA
Patrick Andrews
as Ricky Matthews
Meg Thalken
as Rose Matthews
Directed by Stephen Cone