Boy Erased Movie Download

5 / 10

intriguing story but lacking
Jared Eamons (Lucas Hedges) is an all-American boy. He’s on his high school basketball team and has a girlfriend. His father (Russell Crowe) is a Baptist preacher. His mother (Nicole Kidman) insists that he keeps his arm inside a moving car. In college, he is raped by his roommate. He goes home to be confronted by the incident. He admits to having feelings toward men. His father sends him to a gay conversion therapy program run by Victor Sykes (Joel Edgerton).

It’s very odd that most of the big name actors come from Australia. They are so prevalent that the location does not feel American. I know it’s based on real biography but it needs some feeling of a small southern religious community. Also the flashback construction does not help. It does not help to set up the parents son relationships which is desperately needed. There are some really compelling scenes about the therapy program. The ritualized beating with the bible is depressing. It’s depressing in the religious sense where a Godly book is used as a literal weapon. The bathroom scene with the older man watching is rather creepy. The angry-with-your-dad scene almost saves Jared as a character. In general, he’s a blank. He is clueless to the point that he lacks agency. The boy started college and I hope that he wasn’t that naive. Basically, he needs to be set up as an all-American boy scout. This is where the flashback structure defeats the movie. He needs to be Superman but we’re not told about Smallville or Krypton. By the end, the pieces fell into place and the story is fine. It doesn’t make the movie good but the story is saved. Overall, there is an intriguing story within the pages. On screen, it’s a bit lacking.Read More