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Boy Erased
Directed by
Joel Edgerton
Produced by Joel Edgerton, Steve Golin, and Kerry Kohansky-Roberts
Written for the screen by Joel Edgerton Based on the memoir by Garrard Conley
Produced by Joel Edgerton, Steve Golin, and Kerry Kohansky-Roberts
Written for the screen by Joel Edgerton Based on the memoir by Garrard Conley
With:
Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Joel Edgerton, Joe Alwyn, Xavier Dolan, Troye Sivan, David Joseph Craig, Theodore Pellerin, Jesse LaTourette, Devin Michael, Britton Sear, Cherry Jones, and Flea
Cinematography:
Eduard Grau
Editing: Jay Rabinowitz
Music: Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans
Editing: Jay Rabinowitz
Music: Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans
Runtime:
115 min
Release Date: 08 November 2018
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 08 November 2018
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
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In this adaptation of Garrard Conley’s memoir about a Baptist preacher’s son sent to a gay conversion therapy program, Edgerton and his talented cast underplay all the expected narrative beats. This limited emotional range is both the film's strength - it avoids moral or political posturing in favor of honest human feelings - and its weakness - it fails to fully engage or flesh out character dynamics.
In this adaptation of Garrard Conley’s memoir about a Baptist preacher’s son sent to a gay conversion therapy program, Edgerton and his talented cast underplay all the expected narrative beats. This limited emotional range is both the film's strength - it avoids moral or political posturing in favor of honest human feelings - and its weakness - it fails to fully engage or flesh out character dynamics.