Review of Boy Erased (2018) by Cityofgeek — 10 Feb 2020
Gay conversion therapy is abuse. No dancing around it. It’s awful, demeaning, dangerous and should be outlawed. This true-story drama concerns a young college student sent to gay conversion therapy after he’s outed by another gay college student who raped him.
As he is the son of a Baptist preacher, this news doesn’t come home well and the boy and his mother go for two weeks. We see how awful these places are – diminishing the self-confidence of young people, telling them they are worthless and beating them with cherry-picked Bible verses.
It’s heartbreaking how much hate is thrown at them. Edgerton, who previously directed the disturbing in a different way The Gift, gets the message across without being too “preachy” at those opposed to homosexuality, trying to give a reasons why and their battle against themselves (especially in Crowe).
I will say, Hedges keeps getting nominations, but I don’t see it. I find him an uncharasmatic block of wood actor, starring out with a clinched jaw and little emotion until he gets to yell in everything.
He reminds me of Jesse Eisenberg minus the Jeff Goldbumness.
This review of Boy Erased (2018) was written by Cityofgeek on 10 Feb 2020.
Boy Erased has generally received positive reviews.
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