Boy A
2007 · Movie · R · 106 min · ★ 7.1 · 82% critics
After a lengthy stay in a juvenile detention center, a convicted child killer tries to rebuild his life, taking a job as a deliveryman and dating a coworker. When he helps reunite a distressed child with her family, he becomes a local celebrity, but headlines resurface his past and spark public anger.
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Details
- Years
- 2007
- Release date
- 2008-07-23
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 82/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (499 votes)
About
You’ll likely like this if you want a tense, empathy-driven drama about reintegration and public backlash after a violent crime; Not for you if you prefer lighter, clear-cut moral stories like This Is England or Sweet Sixteen.
Pros: powerful emotional drama; standout lead performance; challenging themes | Cons: exploitative concerns; bleak and heavy tone; divisive portrayal
Themes
- child abuse
- rape
- based on novel or book
- parent child relationship
- rehabilitation
- grave
- melancholy
- based on true story
- coming of age
- criminal
- incest
- childhood
- +11 more
Cast & crew
Andrew Garfield
as Jack Burridge
Katie Lyons
as Michelle
Peter Mullan
as Terry
Shaun Evans
as Chris
Siobhan Finneran
as Kelly
- AO
Alfie Owen
as Eric Wilson
- JY
James Young
as Zeb
Jeremy Swift
as Dave
- TD
Taylor Doherty
as Philip Craig
- AL
Anthony Lewis
as Steve
Directed by John Crowley