Despite its positive reception and victory at the Sundance Film Festival, the film struggled for months to get picked up by a distributor. According to star Chloë Grace Moretz, the film was the first Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner in over 25 years to not receive immediate distribution (the prior film being Bryan Singer's Public Access (1993)). It was eventually purchased by FilmRise however it received a very limited theatrical run in only 85 theaters in North America.
The clips from the Christian exercise video "Blessercize" are real footage of an actual 90's video.
Won the Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic) at the Sundance Film Festival, over other acclaimed breakout indie hits such as A24's Dernière Année (2018), Sorry to Bother You (2018), Blindspotting (2018), American Animals (2018), Wildlife: Une saison ardente (2018), Blaze (2018), Monsters and Men (2018), HBO's Le Passé Recomposé (2018), and Netflix's The Kindergarten Teacher (2018).
Due to its limited theatrical release and marketing, the film failed to recoup its paltry $900,000 budget. It grossed just $904,703 in 85 theaters in North America.
Every reputable American medical association has condemned the practice of "conversion therapy" and the idea that sexual orientation can be changed as false and medically and psychologically harmful. Organizations that have released statements censuring the practice include: the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the American Counseling Association, the American Psychoanalytic Association, the American School Counselor Association, the National Association of Social Workers, and many others.
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