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January 29, 2019January 22, 2019 by tlagay

Boy Erased comes to DVD and Blu-ray

Based on the bestselling memoir by Garrard Conley, Boy Erased tells the courageous story of Jared Eamons (Lucas Hedges), the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, who must overcome the fallout of being outed to his parents (Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe). His parents struggle with reconciling their love for their son with their beliefs. Fearing a loss of family, friends, and community, Jared is pressured into attending a conversion therapy program. While there, Jared comes into conflict with its leader (writer-director Joel Edgerton) and begins his journey to finding his own voice and accepting his true self.

One of the year’s most high-profile gay movies, Boy Erased is now available on DVD and Blu-ray. You can click here to order your copy.

Trailer Alert: Boy Erased

The trailer for Boy Erased is here to make you misty-eyed before the full film is released and invites us all to a major sob session. Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe star in this adaptation of the 2016 memoir by Garrard Conley, recounting his childhood in a fundamentalist Arkansas family who enrolled him in gay conversion therapy. These are some powerhouse performances, even just in the trailer snippets.

Boy Erased tells the story of Jared (Hedges), the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, who is outed to his parents (Kidman and Crowe) 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. The film (and the book on which it is based) is the true story of one young man’s struggle to find himself while being forced to question every aspect of his identity.

Lucas Hedges in the Boy Erased poster

Spoiler Alert: Lady Bird

Nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Lady Bird is one of the past year’s most acclaimed films. Indie darling Greta Gerwig reveals herself to be a bold new cinematic voice with her directorial debut, excavating both the humor and pathos in the turbulent bond between a mother and her teenage daughter. Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) fights against but is exactly like her wildly loving, deeply opinionated and strong-willed mom (Laurie Metcalf – just the best ever), a nurse working tirelessly to keep her family afloat after Lady Bird’s father (Tracy Letts) loses his job. Set in Sacramento, California in 2002, amidst a rapidly shifting American economic landscape, the film is an affecting look at the relationships that shape us, the beliefs that define us, and the unmatched beauty of a place called home.

For those curious readers who have not seen the film (SPOILER ALERT FORTHCOMING – AVERT YOUR EYES), Lady Bird also features a pivotal gay subplot. After diving into her school’s theater scene, Lady Bird falls for Danny (Lucas Hedges) an adorable, lanky young fellow performer. Though they date for a good portion of the movie, sharing some deeply important coming-of-age moments, it’s later revealed that Danny is gay. Lady Bird catches him making out with another boy in a bathroom stall. This culminates in a deeply emotional scene where Danny comes clean to his pseudo-girlfriend, apologizing for leading her astray and begging her to keep his secret. The like goes: “I’m so ashamed of all of it. It’s going to be bad and I just need a little bit of time to figure out how I’m going to tell my mom and dad.”