Jared later agrees that he is attracted to men.Īfter consulting with other pastors, Marshall prays over his son, and then signs him up for conversion therapy, to which Jared reluctantly agrees. Jared tells his parents this was another student who had told him things about his past and was afraid of Jared revealing his secrets. Henry called the Eamons's home and posed as a school counselor in order to out Jared and ensure his silence. While staying the night in Jared's dorm room in bunk beds, Henry raped Jared and then apologized and tearfully confessed that he has done the same to another young man. Once there, he became friends with another student, Henry. In high school, he was happy, though he broke up with his girlfriend upon starting college. While performing his moral inventory, Jared thinks of his life prior to entering the program. He instructs them to perform harsh "moral inventories" of themselves and their families and requires them not to tell anyone else about what occurs during the sessions. Chief therapist Victor Sykes tells the group that their sexuality is a choice influenced by poor parenting. He begins his first day at the Love In Action gay conversion therapy assessment program in Memphis, Tennessee. Jared Eamons is the son of Marshall Eamons, a successful car dealer and Baptist preacher in Arkansas, and Nancy Eamons, a hairdresser. The film won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Limited Release at the 30th GLAAD Media Awards. It received generally positive reviews from critics, who mostly praised the performances of the cast, and received various award nominations, including two Golden Globe Award nominations: Best Actor for Hedges and Best Original Song for " Revelation".
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The film was theatrically released in the United States on November 2, 2018, by Focus Features and grossed over $11 million worldwide.
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The film stars Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, and Edgerton, and follows the son of Baptist parents who is forced to take part in a conversion therapy program.īoy Erased premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on September 1, 2018, and also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. It is written and directed by Joel Edgerton, who also produced with Kerry Kohansky Roberts and Steve Golin. Boy Erased is a 2018 American biographical drama film based on Garrard Conley's 2016 memoir of the same name.