The son of a Baptist preacher unwillingly participates in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents.The son of a Baptist preacher unwillingly participates in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents.The son of a Baptist preacher unwillingly participates in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents.
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- 12 wins & 50 nominations
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- TriviaGarrard Conley turned down the opportunity to write the adaptation himself as he believed a filmmaker would be better fit to translate his memoir to the big screen.
- GoofsThe flag in the therapy room is hung backwards, with the canton to the right.
- Quotes
Brandon: [with boys lined up on a masculinity scale] Fake it till you make it. Become the man you are not. So, you think Cameron here is the big winner, huh? You think being big and tall and overeating immediately puts a guy at the front of the line, but it's more that triangles and postures and genetics. A firm handshake. Let's go! Do it.
- Crazy creditsThe title isn't shown until 11 minutes into the movie.
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Written by Troye Sivan, Allie X (as Alexandra Hughes), Bram Inscore, Jack Latham, Leland and Ariel Rechtshaid
Performed by Troye Sivan
Courtesy of Capitol Records/Universal Music Australia
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
I have seen movies on this theme before, the most recent being The Miseducation of Cameron Post. However, this hews closely to an autobiography, and at the Toronto International Film Festival, the actual mother and son showed up at the Q+A.
Lucas Hedges and director Joel Edgerton are wonderful as the main protagonists - the son and the therapy leader. Nicole Kidman only plays a supporting role as the mother, still a role bigger than Russell Crowe as the loving but misguided father. This is very much an advocacy film against gay conversion, and has the star power to get to a general audience.
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- Also known as
- Silinmis Çocuk
- Filming locations
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA(on location)
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- Budget
- $11,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $6,788,692
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $207,057
- Nov 4, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $11,853,081
- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1