Boy Erased

If you want to understand a young gay man trying to navigate the self loathing to the realization of who he is, this is the movie to watch.

It's compelling and compassionate and from the view of a man in that position, where his family is on the far opposite of supportive.

Note there are plenty of movies that tell how "tough" it is on families when a family member is gay, but there are very few that stay on focus of the real story that people need to learn, understand and find their compassion for how the LGBTQ community feels as they have to come to their realization. This story stayed focused on their side of the story and I'd force every homophobe to watch it off I could.

Boy Erased was amazing. Incredibly tragic story. It felt like a remake of Full Metal Jacket at times, were it not a true story. Great cast. You know who deserves the nod for best supporting actor? Flea. Incredible asshole presence. Good luck not crying. 9/10

I wish there were more mothers out there like Nancy who chose their child instead of their religious beliefs. I'm glad my mother did too.I wish there were more mothers out there like Nancy who put their kids first place instead of their religions believes.

Intensely powerful; this is yet another statement on how some people in the Christian faith fail to understand homosexuality. As a Christian myself, and as somebody who has struggled with his own sexuality, this film resonated with me, especially in relation to the misplaced judgements that some people in the church have imposed upon me. A very good film and one that should be seen, regardless of your faith or sexuality - its message of tolerance is a universal one.

Focusing on religious conversion therapy, which incredibly is still legally practised in the USA today, this film is an emotional and disturbing journey focusing on the true story of a young man’s troubled journey through his teenage years. Although we are now more intelligent and socially aware than our predecessors, It shows how religious beliefs from the distant past are still practised but should have no place in todays society. So many wrongs still happen in the present time, all because religion gives it a reason to exist.

I couldn't finish watching it. It's too painful.

I think lucas headges is a great actor and seems to be landing a lot of deep roles that he does well with, especially with this role and I thought the film was sound, emotional, deep and times got me worked up because of the therapy program that was so wrong. It kept me plugged in from start to finish.

Uncomfortable, powerful and extremely timely. Great cast.

This is a truly moving movie and uncomfortable to watch at times Nicole Kidman is really great here and Russell Crowe is good with what he is given I think we should have seen more of him to see the story through the fathers eyes a little rather than having a picture kinda painted for us. Lucas Hedges continues to pick roles in good movies and he is very good here but my problem with him is he lacks emotion a lot of the time. The characters he plays don't show much emotion and sometimes it works for the character and sometimes emotion could help the charcaters he plays. This is a very powerful movie and is really good there are better LGBT movies but this one is still definitely worthy of a watch.

A deeply disturbing and uncomfortable watch. Lucas Hedges gives a deeply rooted, present performance. Nicole Kidman's role is the pivot of this piece, and, unsurprisingly, she completely embodies the compassion and love needed. Russell Crowe does well with what he is given, but this is where I think the film fails - it never sees the father's crisis of faith and oversimplifies a very complex internal battle by characterizing faith as judgemental, manipulative and ultimately hateful, so it gave Crowe very little to work with (I think this was the unresolved issue of the author - he never really sees his father, and so that story is never told or the crisis resolved). Personally, I'm still waiting for a film that faithfully brings both real crises to the screens. I give this film a 7 (good) out of 10, but the whole story remains untold. [Drama]