Boy Erased (2018)
Stars: Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Joel Edgerton
Runtime: 115 minutes
Synopsis: Based on the true story of Gerrard Conley, a young gay man forced to attend conversion therapy.
Performances: 7/10
Screenplay: 6/10
Costumes/Makeup: 6/10
Editing: 6/10
Cinematography: 7/10
Score/Soundtrack: 7/10
Verdict: Similarly themed to "The Miseducation of Cameron Post", Joel Edgerton's second outing as a director failed to grab me as much as its counterpart... for the most part.
"Boy Erased", which stars Lucas Hedges in the lead, as well as Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, and Joel Edgerton in supporting roles, opens strongly by showing the audience the horrors that go on in gay conversion camps. It tackles magnificently themes such as acceptance and identity, and highlights them through mostly great performances. The film is also a well-shot one, and benefits from an appropriately flavorless color palette.
It fails, however, to stay consistent and true to its main themes, as it integrates flashback scenes I didn't quite find interesting or even necessary. The final third of the movie derails completely and turns into an overexaggerated drama that goes on for too long, leading to an ending that felt very anticlimactic despite it being based on true events.
There is certainly a lot to enjoy in "Boy Erased", but the film's conflicting narrative and inconsistent delivery made it one I'm not going to remember in a few weeks' time.
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