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Boy Erased

Boy Erased

The truth cannot be converted.

20187.01h 55m

Overview

Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith.

Directed by Joel Edgerton
Written by Garrard Conley, Joel Edgerton
Produced by Kerry Kohansky-Roberts, Steve Golin, Joel Edgerton
Box OfficeBudget: $15.0MRevenue: $7.9M

Top Cast

Lucas Hedges

Lucas Hedges

Jared Eamons

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

Nancy Eamons

Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe

Marshall Eamons

Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton

Victor Sykes

Troye Sivan

Troye Sivan

Gary

Madelyn Cline

Madelyn Cline

Chloe

Flea

Flea

Brandon

Xavier Dolan

Xavier Dolan

Jon

Britton Sear

Britton Sear

Cameron Van Heusen

Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones

Dr. Muldoon

Themes & Keywords

homophobiabased on true storycoming of agereligionbased on memoir or autobiographylgbtlgbt teencollege studentdreadconversion therapygay theme

About Boy Erased

Boy Erased is a drama film released in 2018 exploring themes of homophobia, based on true story, coming of age, religion, based on memoir or autobiography, lgbt. Directed by Joel Edgerton, it stars Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe. Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith.

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