Boy ERASED
*ing: Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman, Lucas Hedges
Rated: 8/10
It is rare that a film’s storyline and emotional hold are as powerful as the actors are and Boy Erased is that rare one on a gay boy being sent by his very Christian parents to be cleansed of his gay traits at a gay conversion facility.
Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman as the parents of Jared Eamons are more than brilliant. Crowe who never manages to shed his Church inhibitions of being a priest and Kidman who goes by religious advise to actually send Jared away, take you to quite another emotional level which, is further enhanced by the absolutely fantastic portrayal of Jared’s fears and bewilderment by Lucas Hedges. He is, by far, one of the most astonishingly polished actors in the young generation and as Jared he puts life into the film, making it an emotional rollercoaster even for doubting homophobics. The film never ambles along and is magnificently put together keeping a tight string around your heart through every frame, every dialogue and ever situation that besets this otherwise good family. It is indeed, one of the most powerful films on the gay issue to come out in a long while