Important but told too softly! Boy Erased is a very important film, not only for LGBTQ people, but also for everyone who don't know yet what is really going on. Still today, LGBTQ people are marginalized in all countries in the World, and still, 150+ countries don't recognize Gay couples, and consider them as abnormal. Boy Erased puts this issue into a screen to question those people who are still in the ignorance of what is the reality behind the relationship between God and gay people. Does God really hate them, or are the humans trying to insist on that point? Still, we don't know. No one has talked directly to God yet as far as I know. The 2 hours of Boy Erased and the life of Garrad Conley are just trying to Say: Whatever our faith is, we are all humans, we only have one life and there are Things we can change, there are we can't, because we're born this way. The film is simply an inspiration for everyone who tries to have an integrity among everyone and make good deeds around them.
Now, why only 7?
Boy Erased might be socially very important, but as a motion picture, it should have been better. They should have added more scenes (like violent scenes) to make it have even more impact.
With some better actings, some emotional sets, and some more technical editings which would have enhanced the violence of those acts told and shown in the film (like they did on "Moonlight"), it would have been more successful in its goal to reach the unreachable conservative audience. It might ruin the "adaptation" you may say, but it wouldn't have ruined the story itself.
That said, Boy Erased is still a very good movie and deserves all the attention it has now.