Skye Bennett, Shaun Evans, Alfie Owen
The story of a young ex-con Jack, newly released from serving a prison sentence for a murder he committed as a child.
DVD Release Date: October 7, 2008
Stats: 858 reviews
"Yeah, they know. Everyone knows now. I'm on me own now. I can't go back... being that other person, because that other person is dead."
Like Control, the recent Anton Corbijn treatment of Ian Curtis' short life, John Crowley's powerful British drama Boy A a...( read more)
Who needs Hollywood when you have films like this?
There are so many layers to this movie: the moral and ethical issues of life, the decisions you don't want to make but are forced to, the nature of forgiveness and if you could offer it, abandonment and violence, the many forms ...( read more)
A superb film in just about every imaginable way. From the incredible drama to the moral and ethical subjects tackled. It shows how people really can change and also the saddening unforgiving nature of society. Nothing can excuse what Jack did, but as the film shows he has become...( read more)
"Boy A" is a stunner. I'm always searching for the hidden gems of the cinema world and now I found one! This film has been a hit on many film festivals and I see it as my duty to tell my friends about it.
Jack, played by Andrew Garfield, is a young man who's in transition to gai...( read more)
It was pretty good. One of those unique films. I liked how they went back to his childhood in between his adulthood.
After watching this film, for those who saw the end..."the crime", I had a dream that night that I was doing the same thing to my younger brother! Weird!
A powerful and disturbing film. The acting is very good. The script is very good. I did have some difficulty with the accents at some points but that is to be expected. It is certainly not a fun film and the viewer should expect a serious, disturbing story.
Based on a novel by Jonathan Trigell.
This is the story about young ex-con Jack. Jack grew up as someone else; a boy with a father who didn't care and a mother feeling so sorry for herself that she couldn't care less about her child. Things build on each other. Jack ended up in ...( read more)
Ne znam sto reci. Fali mi ono nesto da bude izvrstan, al zapravo mi se svida kako je film napravljen i isprican. Ako sam dobro shvatila, on nije ubio malu al je odsluzio svoje u tom rehab. zatvoru? p.s. zgodan li je taj "Jack" :)))
Mullen and Garfield fit well together -- both have faces you like on first sight, both have charm, both have warmth. full review
A small, huge film about the harsh realities of rehabilitation, and the shimmering possibility of redemption. full review
Carefully calibrated to explore the solitariness of a character who cannot let himself be known ... Turns Boy A's very particular story into a scary, universal and wrenching social statement. full review
Carefully calibrated to explore the solitariness of a character who cannot let himself be known ... Turns Boy A's very particular story into a scary, universal and wrenching social statement. full review
Boy A is so excessively mannered that the story's human element (misunderstood youth, society's indifference) is lost. full review
This is another of those dead-kid dramas in which the terrible event is handled like a striptease -- tantalizing flashes until the climax. full review
For all its sensitivity, thoughtful sobriety, and sound performances, though, Boy A finally permits itself an excessive number of contrived and/or clichéd gestures. full review
This is definetely a unique story and i would love to see the outcome of the life this boy has had.
A very brave choice for the Director to create such a film, I think it's outstanding. The angle of the story was shot from place very few people ever get to see, which makes this film truly unique.
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