After a lifetime of hiding, Chely Wright becomes the first commercial country music singer to come out as gay, shattering cultural stereotypes within Nashville, per conservative heartland family and, most importantly, within herself. With unprecedented access over a two-year period, including her private video diaries, the film layers Chely's rise to fame while hiding in the late 90's with the execution of her coming out plan, culminating in the exciting moment when she steps into the media glare to reveal she is gay. The film shows both the devastation of internalized homophobia and the transformational power of living an authentic life. The film also documents the conflicting responses from Nashville, the heartland and the LGBT community as Chely Wright prepares for an unknown future.
Chely Wright: Wish Me Away has generally received positive reviews.
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Chely Wright: Wish Me Away was released in 2012 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 23 reviews, giving Chely Wright: Wish Me Away (2012) an average rating of 68%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 87%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 73%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Chely Wright: Wish Me Away than critics were.
With a score of 68%, Chely Wright: Wish Me Away is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2012, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2012 with similar scores include films like Seven Psychopaths, Steel Magnolias and Sleepwalk with Me.
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