Hallam Foe (Mister Foe)

Hallam Foe (Mister Foe) (2007)

  • 72% of critics liked it
    (61 reviews)

  • 71% of users liked it
    (17,881 ratings)

With Hallam Foe, British director Peter MacKenzie and scripter Ed Whitmore adapt the 2002 novel of the same name, a quirky, bittersweet, coming-of-age psychodrama by Peter Jinks. The titular character is the 17-year-old son (Jamie Bell) of a wealthy Scottish businessman (Ciarán Hinds). Still rattled… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
David Mackenzie, Ed Whitmore
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
In Theaters
Feb 16, 2007 Wide
Magnolia Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle

    Bell was a decent kid actor and a terrific dancer in Billy Elliot, but he's grown into a really first-rate actor.

  • Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

    [A] prettily photographed but relationally science-fictional coming-of-age blather.

  • Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

    It's a coming of age you can believe in.

  • Tom Keogh, Seattle Times

    While the film playfully telegraphs its inspirations, Mister Foe never persuasively comes together as a dark fable about an adolescent misfit stuck in loss.

  • Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times

    Although it's nice to see Mackenzie find uplift in the erotic, what helps drive Mister Foe is how deftly he turns chasm into intimacy between Bell and Myles, both of whom give sharply observed, charismatic portrayals.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jim H


    A teenage stalker with enough Oedipal issues to make Freud puke in his soup pursues his boss, a sweet but disturbed hotel manager. What this film lacks most is focus. At the beginning the plot tends toward a thriller/mystery vis-a-vis the possible murder of Hallam's mother, but… More

  • Emil K


    Director David MacKenzie seems to desperately this film to be as "independent" and different as possible, but the end result is more like a bad hangover. It is messy and very annoying in the worst possible way.

  • Luke B


    Awkward and engrossing movie that overcomes its unlikable lead by making him confused and relatable. It's a very difficult performance Bell has to pull off in this movie. He must present himself as a mentally fractured peeping tom whilst all the while leading us along a romantic… More

  • Cynthia S


    This unusual film was a fantastic journey with the awkward lead character, Hallem Foe, as he pursued his voyeuristic impulses. No spoiler here. The acting was convincing despite the fantastic episodes. Cleverly crafted to form an intense yet warm & funny original work.

  • Lorenzo v


    <i>"Who is Hallam Foe?"</i> Hallam's talent for spying on people reveals his darkest fears-and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother's death, he instead finds himself searching the rooftops of the city for love.… More

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