"Fake it until you make it" is one of the main quotes of this movie. The other is "but we are a normal family" said by the incredible (sometimes I forget myself how talented) Nicole Kidman. This was supposed to be a "normal" family until the only son of a baptist preacher opens up to his parents, revealing he is not as "normal" as they wished for. Just like The Miseducation of Cameron Post, The Boy Erased is a movie about a gay teenager sent to a religious conversion centre, as part of a solution to achieve averegeness. It is also a movie about family ties, about growing up and discovering who you are or who do you want to be. More than anything it is a movie about love above guilt, and forgiveness over fear. It is intimidating, heart-breaking, but very much necessary.
The movie is based on the memoirs written by Garrard Conley, a lawyer and activist, who fights for LGBT righs, specially for those who are living the same he did some years ago. Even though the action was 20 years ago, the most shocking about this movie, is learning that nowadays, conversion centers are still legal and still "a thing" for minors in 37 states of the US, and many countries all over the world. And it is why this movie and The Miseducation of Cameron Post are so important.
Last but not least this is another one remembering us that "normal" doesn't exist, mainly when you'd rather be extraordinay.
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