Surviving

Boy Erased (2018)

Directed by Joel Edgerton this film based on real events stars Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe. A teenage boy is given the choice of undergoing “gay conversion therapy” or being disowned by his religious parents.

About as heart breaking as you would expect the plot of this film follows the protagonist through some serious emotional abuse. The film does not fully get into the physical abuse some of these terrible institutions get into but it shows more than enough on screen to turn your stomach. What is surprising is the film manages to end on a positive note, showing change in the father that is fairly unexpected.

4/5