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Boy Erased
2018
· Movie
· 115 min
B
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2221
- IMDb #2498
- Google retired #1876
- Rotten Tomatoes #1908
- Metacritic #1664
- Letterboxd #2810
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2012
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2272
- Metacritic Critics #1512
- Metacritic Audience #1945
- Criticker #1970
- Kinopoisk #3874
- AlloCiné #1886
- Trakt #1330
Every rating
47–86
out of 100
The son of a small-town Baptist pastor is outed to his parents during his first year of college. Under intense pressure from his community, he is forced to enroll in a conversion therapy program designed to “cure” him of his homosexuality. There, he confronts the program’s oppressive teachings and meets other youths facing the same struggle, forcing him to choose between his identity and his family’s acceptance.
Details
- Director
- Joel Edgerton
- Writer
- Joel Edgerton
- Based on
- Boy Erased: A Memoir by Garrard Conley
- Released
- 24 September 2018
- Country
- Australia, China, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $15.0M
- Box office
- $7.9M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 18 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 23 →5 wins from 23 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2019 | Best Supporting Actress | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2019 | Best Original Song | " Revelation " – Leland, Troye Sivan and Jónsi | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2019 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Lucas Hedges | Nominee |
| AACTA Awards 2019 | Best International Supporting Actor | Joel Edgerton | Nominee |
| AACTA Awards 2019 | Best International Supporting Actress | Nicole Kidman | Winner |
| Artios Awards 2019 | Feature Big Budget Drama | Carmen Cuba, Tara Feldstein Bennett (Location Casting) Chase Paris (Location Casting) and Shelby Cherniet (Associate) | Nominee |
| GLAAD Media Awards 2019 | Outstanding Film – Limited Release | Boy Erased | Winner |
| Humanitas Prize 2019 | Drama Feature Film | Boy Erased | Nominee |
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Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Lucas Hedges | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | " Revelation " – Leland, Troye Sivan and Jónsi | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
AACTA Awards
9 nominations, 3 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Joel Edgerton | Winner |
| Best International Supporting Actress | Nicole Kidman | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Nicole Kidman | Winner |
| Best Direction | Joel Edgerton | Nominee |
| Best Film | Kerry Kohansky Roberts, Steve Golin, Joel Edgerton | Nominee |
| Best International Supporting Actor | Joel Edgerton | Nominee |
| Best Lead Actor | Lucas Hedges | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Joel Edgerton | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Russell Crowe | Nominee |
GLAAD Media Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Film – Limited Release | Boy Erased | Winner |
San Diego International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award | Boy Erased | Winner |
Satellite Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama | Lucas Hedges | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | "Revelation" – Leland, Troye Sivan and Jónsi | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Russell Crowe | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
Artios Awards
1 nomination
| Feature Big Budget Drama | Carmen Cuba, Tara Feldstein Bennett (Location Casting) Chase Paris (Location Casting) and Shelby Cherniet (Associate) | Nominee |
Camerimage International Film Festival
1 nomination
| Best Directorial Debut | Joel Edgerton | Nominee |
Chicago International Film Festival
1 nomination
| Gold Q-Hugo Award | Boy Erased | Nominee |
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Song – Feature Film | "Revelation" – Leland, Troye Sivan and Jónsi | Nominee |
Humanitas Prize
1 nomination
| Drama Feature Film | Boy Erased | Nominee |