Based on the memoir by Garrard Conley, this powerful and unflinching drama from writer-director Joel Edgerton follows Jared Eamons (Lucas Hedges), the son of a Baptist pastor in a small Arkansas town. When Jared is outed to his parents, the devout Marshall (Russell Crowe) and Nancy (Nicole Kidman), they give him a choice: attend a conversion therapy program or be cut off from his family, his friends, and his church. Desperate to reconcile his faith with his identity, Jared enters a program run by the charismatic but manipulative Victor Sykes (Joel Edgerton), a counselor who promises to "cure" him of his homosexuality. The film chronicles Jared's harrowing journey through a world of psychological manipulation and spiritual abuse, where he is forced to confront the deep-seated shame and trauma that the therapy seeks to exploit. As the program's methods grow increasingly brutal, Jared must find the strength to resist, while his mother begins to question the very foundation of their family's beliefs. Boy Erased is a deeply affecting and timely exploration of faith, identity, and the unbreakable bond between a mother and her son.