 So I had a very interesting perspective with this one and I'm very excited to tell you about it My name is Brandon Keith Avery and this is just my pain Hey, what's going on everyone? Thank you so much for tuning in to my opinion slash review for boy erased I really do appreciate it now I'm a little bit late to the party with this one and that's okay It is better late than ever But now we have a boy erased this premiered this year September 2018 at the tell you right film festival If I pronounced that correctly There's been a lot of buzz around this film a lot of hype a lot of people are saying that is one of the best films of the Year and of course definitely I'm going to get into that myself If you look at this on Rotten tomatoes right now it is sitting at let me see real quick 82% and I'll go ahead and say for the most part that I do agree with that so far now This is being written directed by Joe Edgerton He also starred in the film as one of the therapists and I said there's for a reason I'll get into that in just a second This is a second Time behind the camera as a director a couple of years ago. He directed the gift which was pretty good He also started that so you know, he's good in front and behind the camera one of my favorite roles He did was a warrior which came out a number of years ago And what this film boy erased is about is it's the son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church supported gay conversion program And the synopsis says forcibly outed by his parents, but I don't necessarily agree with that now I'm going to be very honest with you right here. Oh well before I before I go there This is based on Yeah, a true story based on them the memoir of Jirak Jirad Khan Lee Which came out a number of years ago Which makes this film just even more impactful now what I was just about to say is I'm going to be very honest with you a Lot of people are probably not going to believe me, but this is the honest God truth I went into this movie knowing absolutely nothing what it was about. I went in completely blind I had no idea that it had to do with Religion and gay people or the LG LG BT community LG BT Q community. Excuse me I just had no idea. I had no idea that it was about gay conversion schools or anything like that now Of course, I've heard about them a movie for a number of weeks now I'm just like everybody talking about who good it was So the only marketing that I knew was just like a couple of posters and just people, you know Boy race boy race boy race. I thought it had to do with like a little boy. I did that on purpose Better fan of movies for a long time. I used to always watch every trailer like ten years ago five years ago I do that now, of course, I react to trailers, but I purposely wanted to go into this one just blind and so Given the source material and the context of everything Me knowing the characters and all that good stuff, you know, I just thought that you guys should know that You know with me giving you my opinion now I'm not going to talk about the story itself because it's based on the true story I'm going to talk about the characters how they were presented and how the story was told And so the best thing about this film so far is just the acting Most notably by Russell Crowe who plays the father his name in the film is Marshall Eamons he is the The Baptist pastor in this film with strong religious beliefs and his son played Jared M is played by Lucas Hedges Who also did a great job in this film those two stole the show for me They have a very interesting father and son relationship There were two key scenes one kind of at the very beginning of the film Ending first at going into the second act and then one of the ending scenes in the entire film. It was it was very powerful you know Jerry played by Lucas Hedges like I said, you know, he he just had to stand up to his father and You know that can either work well on screen or can crash and burn and here it's shine like a star I mean, you know standing up to your father about what you believe in when you know They have different beliefs down to their core. It can be a very difficult thing to do a lot of course men in the world Can relate to them and just the way that it was presented on screen here, you know, it was sad You know, it was it was daunting, but it was real and it was necessary You know just to You know kind of show the audience, you know, how important this was this this life event You know that took you know that I had to do with Jerry Connelly Nicole Kidman is also in here as well. She does a very great great job as well. I mean the acting cross Excuse me. I'm sorry. The acting across the board is phenomenal What I'm gonna talk about the the school now What the film the I think the goal of the film here is to show you how Horrific these schools can be and what it does to a person that you know Conditioning that it that it causes and it's a horrible thing But I imagine in the real life the way it's presented to an interest in parties It's like, you know, hey, we're gonna do this we're gonna do that. Everything is gonna be okay This is perfectly innocent and that's how I portrayed in the film as well, especially from my perspective I had no idea what I was going into anyway. So, you know, I had no type of a pre-judgment But that's what the film did at the very beginning. It just kind of shows you like, you know, hey I mean, you know, this is completely voluntary, you know, no one is forcing this upon you You know, this is completely up to you. These are our rules. You know, there's a slight communication You know here are visiting hours, etc. I know I was kind of saying to myself like, okay Wow, you know I'm saying, I mean, this is not that bad Everybody that's participating in this program seems like they want to be there, you know So it seems like his parents still love him, you know So, you know, that's just interesting is that as the film progresses on More and more layers are just kind of pulled back and you just realize, okay You know, you see one thing here. It's okay. That made me a little bit uncomfortable. Okay Now they're stepping it up a little bit more like now you're like, okay, wait a minute This place is horrible. We need to get everybody out of here If this is how you're treating people if this is how you're treating gay people or lesbian people bisexual people Whatever, I mean my goodness gracious. This is this is horrific So the film did just a great job of just showing you, you know, how nasty these places were I mean, like it was it was very uncomfortable. This film also is just definitely not for everybody. I will say this You know rape is already horrible And there's a rape scene in this film right here and I'm just like whoa. I was uncomfortable watching it I'm not gonna lie It was just, you know, hey the film is doing its job just kind of showing you, you know I mean because there's a lot of there's a lot of assumptions Stupid assumptions that they're about gay people the gay community and things like that and this film right here You know shines a light on all of that like, you know, no not all gay people are the same Not everyone's experiences are the same. I definitely can't come to any conclusions. However, you know me growing up when I talk to gay people I'm not throwing them Them volunteer information for me, you know, I have I noticed a pattern to some degree But I still understand that's only one small piece of the pie You know, I'm saying and this film is just eye-opening even for myself to that charge to you know Think that I have somewhat of an open mind, you know, my glasses are full I still can you know, take some stuff in and you know, that's just what this film is doing right here And it's weird because like when I said that, you know, it this film reveals how horrible these conversion schools are You know, it kind of feels like a cult in like a sect It's cultists is sick dish and s e c t Also, like I said, I talked about performances, but I also want to talk about Joe Edgerton's performance as well You know, he was a creepy therapist I mean like, you know, he threw himself into the role and this really was a character You just made you just very very uncomfortable. He had this mustache on, you know It was also interesting how this film touched on religion where Christianity and being Baptist and things like that And there are so many denominations and of Christianity and just religion itself, you know I mean you have some people over here They believe in Christianity and they believe that, you know, the Lord Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior They believe in God, then you have some other people over here that not in the movie just in general Well in the movie too. Well, no, just in general that the car themselves Christians who but they're associated with like, you know The Ku Klux Klan stuff like that and it is crazy. So this film right here, you know It goes into it as well Like just the the different levels and degrees of a so-called religion and Christianity And how some people can use it for good and also how some people can use the word of God to manipulate To manipulate others, you know for their own worldly view or you know, or their own set of rules or whatever It's pretty disgusting. It's pretty eye-opening You know, but it's thought-provoking, you know, and I liked it now everything in this film is not good Something that I just really did not like is the the transition of time This film is not told in a complete linear fashion just from left to right on a timeline And that's fine if it's done correctly But there was one part where I figured it out later on in the film where a character had like a journal and He was writing down information and I found out later that when he was writing down The film is going back to tell that story initially I was very confusing for me for about a good 20 minutes and I'm like, okay Wait a minute which events happened before the other and I was just like, you know It kind of clocked me out a little bit, but other than that You know, I really don't have any other gripes But this was a great film. It's not a perfect film I also just want to touch on some of the things that I thought Joe Edgerton did with the camera just to kind of capture the you know the the moment to intensify it sometimes He would have the camera, you know on the floor looking up diagonally at a character Just want to get that angle and all the expressions and things like that, you know It was nice, you know, it was a nice sweeping shots him in there The the music soundtrack and all that the score was good, too. It was a great film I enjoyed it and you know, I'm pretty curious on what you got things to especially if you're gay by Trans lesbian, you know all that good stuff You know, I would like your perspective as well If you've seen the film things that you've gone through in life, you know, no judgment here If I had to rate boy race out of a 1 out of 10, I would give it an 8.5 out of 10 Yes, and 8.5 out of 10, but guys that is just my opinion. Have you seen boy race or do you want to see it? Have I turned you on have I turned you off? Do you agree with me or do you disagree with me? Let me know down in the comment section below. Let's get this conversation going to keep it flowing If you liked this video, go ahead and give me the thumbs up and if you don't that's fine But you can still subscribe to my channel Excuse me, you can also look me up on social media Facebook Instagram and Twitter all the good stuff It's right there at the bottom of the screen and it made it very easy providing links to all that down in the description box below But guys, I just want to thank you again for tuning into my pants less review for boy race and thank you so much guys I reached 6,000 subscribers and I only did that because of you tell me make 10,000 and before you go Don't forget that my name is brandy Keith Avery and that's just my pain peace