December Boys

December Boys

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December Boys

Christian Byers, Daniel Radcliffe, James Fraser, Lee Cormie, Teresa Palmer

Based on the classic Michael Noonan novel, "December Boys" is a story of four orphan teenagers growing up behind the closed doors of a catholic convent in outback Australia during the 1960s. As the bo...( read more  read more... )ys watch younger kids get adopted by loving families, they begin to realize that as they get older, their turn may never come. When the convent sends the boys to visit the seaside one summer, they finally have something to look forward to. While at the seaside, the boys meet a young couple unable to have children, who would make the perfect parents. The eldest of the boys, Maps, finds himself drawn to Lucy, a beautiful girl from down the coast. Competing to be the most adoptable, the rest of the boys, Sparks, Misty and Spit, severely test their friendships as long gestating feelings of rejection explode to the surface. The bonds of friendship eventually overcome the rivalries, sealing forever the strong ties that bind the December boys as they learn the real meaning behind friendship, family and love.

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  • September 15, 2008
    This film was a great story. A story about 4 orphans growing up and becoming a family. It definitely shows that Daniel Radcliffe isn't just that guy who plays Harry Potter; hopefully he can do some more acting after Harry Potter is over with. It felt like something was missing fr...( read more)om the movie, I'm not sure what it was, but I felt slightly empty after it was over, like something wasn't finished. O well. It's good.
  • July 19, 2008
    I usually like coming-of-age stories, and this one is OK too. This one focuses on four orphans who happen into a month-long holiday at the other end of Australia. Of course living at the sea-side with real people around is different than their lives at the orphanage.
  • June 16, 2008
    December Boys should have been a touching and poignant coming of age film. Instead the script and directing are bland. The characters are much too underdeveloped. The film is boring. Kudos to cinematographer David Connell. Only his stunning shots of the Kangaroo Island kept...( read more) this film from being a total waste.
  • May 21, 2008
    This one still makes my heart ache, three days later. It is charming and disheartening and absolutely enveloping. I wish I could have adopted them all.
  • March 16, 2008
    In the late 1960's, four close-knit orphans in Australia, called the December Boys because they were all born in the same month, leave their orphanage for a holiday by the sea. Having all but given up hope of ever being adopted, the friends are on a seaside holiday one summer whe...( read more)n they hear a rumor that a seaside couple are looking to adopt one of the orphans, friendships are tested and new alliances made as the four boys compete for the chance to gain a real family.
  • December 23, 2009
    really good movie, but he´s better in hp..;)...i´m just telling..;)..cool.;)
  • December 13, 2009
    IT WAS GOOD SEE RADCLIFFE IN ANOTHER ROL AND NOT HARRY POTTER,ITS A GOOD HISTORY I ENJOY IT
  • November 23, 2009
    This film kind of reminded me of Stand by me, enjoyable
  • November 22, 2009
    December Boys is the story of four orphans in 1960s Australia, who are given the opportunity to spend the summer at a beach home, where they learn the lessons of life.

    Overall, the movie was enjoyable and it was nice to see Daniel in something other than Harry Potter and not the...( read more) main character. All four main actors do a good job and the supporting cast also serves a purpose.
  • October 31, 2009
    This hopeless excuse for a story doesn?t pull on any heart strings. I think the problem is that I dont really give a flying fuck what happens to these little cunt ass motherfucking gay incest little boys, so in affect I dont really care who the people choose and any attempt for t...( read more)ear jerking fails completely. Overall this movie isnt very good.

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