The Boy

The Boy

14/3/2015 1h 45m 5.7/10

Overview

An intimate portrait of a 9 year old sociopath as he discovers his taste for killing.

Director

Craig William Macneill

Top Billed Cast

Zuleikha Robinson

Zuleikha Robinson

Mom

Rainn Wilson

Rainn Wilson

William Colby

David Morse

David Morse

John

Mike Vogel

Mike Vogel

Dad

Bill Sage

Bill Sage

Sheriff Deacon Whit

Jared Breeze

Ted Henley

Reviews

Reno

Reno

4/14/2016

6/10

> A look at a boy's behaviour who was isolated from the society. The entire setting reminds us the movie 'Psycho'. More or less it could have had made a good prequel to that, like the portrayal of Norman Bates' childhood. As an independent film from any previous narrative, it was quite good actually. Inspired by a novel that tells the story of a 9 year old boy who runs a motel with his father in a nowhere. In a lonely place where the customers are very rare, how the boy develops his behavious without social consciousness is what this movie is. Trust me, realism means this movie, but there's always flaws in a small budget film like this. If you always scan for logic, you can't enjoy any movie even in small quantity. Empty your thoughts and get into it, then there's a chance you might like it. I'm not saying it'll become your favourite, but the depiction was so good which was quite similar to the recent Austrian movie 'Goodnight Mommy'. It is not a horror, but a thriller-drama. A terrifying theme, that means terror-horror, thus it called horror. Other than that there's no supernatural or sci-fi things in it. It was a decent movie to me, I felt it was slightly underrated. The turnaround in the storytelling was very good yet predictable stuff. The filmmaker must bring a sequel for it, otherwise I'll be very disappointed. 6/10

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