Boy Wonder (2010)
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40% of critics liked it
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63% of users liked it
(758 ratings)
A young boy witnesses the brutal murder of his mother during a Brooklyn car-jacking. Now a 17-year-old loner, Sean Donovan (Caleb Steinmeyer) is relentlessly haunted by his past and obsessed with finding his mother's killer. Drawn into a nocturnal urban underworld, Sean's consuming rage is… More A young boy witnesses the brutal murder of his mother during a Brooklyn car-jacking. Now a 17-year-old loner, Sean Donovan (Caleb Steinmeyer) is relentlessly haunted by his past and obsessed with finding his mother's killer. Drawn into a nocturnal urban underworld, Sean's consuming rage is vented one night, defending himself from a chaotic attack by a drug dealer. Thus begins his life as a quiet, straight-A student by day and a self-appointed hero at night. Investigating a series of vigilante murders, hot-shot new homicide detective Teresa Ames (Zulay Henao) takes an interest in Sean and his case. Engaged in a twisting game of cat and mouse, Sean and Teresa become allies by day ... and enemies by night. -- (C) Official Site
- Directed By
- Michael Morrissey
- Written By
- Michael Morrissey
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
R,
- In Theaters
- Oct 21, 2011 Limited
- Studio
- Lightning Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
An intriguing, low-budget look at a young vigilante whose "heroism" comes with much moral ambivalence.
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J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Sometimes I think vigilante dramas would be more tolerable if they were pure violent payback, without all the moral grandstanding about our flawed criminal justice system.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
I started watching it with moderate expectations and was surprised by how quickly I was drawn in; the movie works insistently on an emotional level.
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Ronnie Scheib, Variety
Morrissey displays a flair for moody atmospherics as his protagonist wanders Gotham's streets and subways at night, but the film relies too heavily on cryptic flashbacks and deliberate gaps in the narrative to create suspense.
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Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Though the story eventually develops some shading, Mr. Morrissey's enthusiasm for graphic novels is evident in every overstylized frame and underwritten conversation.
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Cast
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Caleb Steinmeyer
as Sean Donovan
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Zulay Henao
as Teresa Ames
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Bill Sage
as Terry Donovan
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James Russo
as Larry Childs
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Tracy Middendorf
as Mary Donovan
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Daniel Stewart Sherman
as Gary Stensen
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Chuck Cooper
as Bill Baldwin
- Roberta Wallach
