Hey everyone! Today we're going to talk about Boy Erased, a movie director by actor Joel Edgerton and starring Lucas Hedges as Garrard Conley, a real life writer,
who was sent by his religious parents to conversion therapy when he was young. People sent there their family members there to stop being gay, as they thought
being homosexual was a choice and that with work and effort and conviction they could remove it from their lives, return to their communities and be real men.
That's the kind of movie this is. I don't know if you have seen my other reviews of LGBT films, but I always have an issue when there are no gay people on a movie with that theme.
God's Own Country is a movie from England, that is excellent because the director is gay, one of the actors too, and you see what they brought to the movie.
You can see it, you can feel it. You can feel they get it. They know about the gay world and what it is to be a gay man.
Other movies, sadly, don't get that. Like Call Me By Your Name, which many people liked but, if you saw my review, you know I didn't care for it. I think it's too much fantasy,
it's just unreal and a bit corny in certain parts. This one has a bit of both but it's a little bit more provocative and it leans towards an interesting theme: conversion therapy.
It's something we haven't seen in movies, some documentaries, but not in movies. And they do it very well. Not only because of the great performances by Lucas Hedges,
and his parents Nicole Kidman and Russel Crowe that have minimal screen time (Crowe has a very small role) but they are great, it's also that they speak about many things.
It's not only about homosexuality but about all the things that go around that. They speak about abuse, family situations, about people we interact with every day
and all the kinds of relationships we can have with others, being gay, straight or whatever. It's a very well made movie in that sense. It has a very good screenplay
and as for technical aspects, its best thing is cinematography and maybe editing. There are shocking scenes, scenes that I wasn't expecting at all.
But I'm glad to see them in the sense that they didn't take the typical route, talking always about the same (He's gay so this and that). It's not that shallow.
There are scenes that are very deep and you have to give it to Joel Edgerton for making a movie that goes a little bit further. However, there are still stereotypes.
There are still repetitive things and we get why they're there. They didn't have someone to say "Please, don't do that" because you just shouldn't.
That's the thing that happens when there are no gay actors. As far as I know, Lucas Hedges is not gay, he has never addressed it. Maybe he's bi, I have no idea.
The point is that he's not openly gay. Neither are the director or Kidman or Crowe. The only gay person in the movie is Troye Sivan who is a singer.
He sings a nice song for the movie, nominated for a Golden Globe, so it might be worth listening to. He's the only drop of authenticity in the movie
and when he speaks, which is not very frequent, you do feel this person knows what he's talking about because he's actually gay.
Not everyone has been a victim of conversion therapy, it's something rare. So people should watch the movie to watch the interactions in that context.
The things that religion and fanaticism can do. To me those are not religions, they're sects. They follow rules without thinking about them. There are many all over the world
and they do awful things, not only to LGBT people but in general. It's something that should be abolished and we should always think about the damage we cause to other people
because of those convictions that blind us and make us deny hearing or knowing anything about others. I think this is a very important movie.
Again, it has some annoying things but the performances are excellent. Nicole Kidman can do anything, she's almost like Meryl Streep. Russel Crowe is also excellent, very small role.
And Lucas Hedges... I'm a fan. I loved Manchester by the Sea. He's not only super cute, very, but it's also that his looks and his way to carry himself and his physique,
really help him in his scenes and he knows how to use it all. He's a very good actor and I hope to see many more movies with him in them.
And again, Joel Edgerton is an excellent director and I want to see more of his work because he did a great job and he has a great sensibility.
Again, in an LGBT movie it would be perfect to have at least one gay person. In this case it's Troye Sivan. Maybe he helped in some way, I have no idea.
But there should be more and there should be a serious conversion, it's something that these movies lack when people that do them don't have any experience with the theme.
This is my review for Boy Erased, I hope you liked it. Give a "like", subscribe to my channel for more reviews, share this on social media
and obviously write down below whatever you thought about this movie, which is already available digitally. No idea if BluRay and DVD too, but it might be soon.
Thank you so much and goodbye!
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