The Boy
2015 · Movie · 105 min · ★ 5.7 · 57% critics
Set around a remote, struggling motel, this slow-burn psychological drama follows an isolated young boy whose boredom, loneliness, and fascination with death begin to spiral into increasingly disturbing behavior. Rather than relying on shocks, it focuses on how neglect and isolation shape a deeply unsettling state of mind.
Also known as Child · Henley · El inicio del mal
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Details
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2015-08-14
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Critic score
- 57/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 (200 votes)
- Box office
- $5,356,447
About
You may like this if you want a bleak, patient psychological drama about isolation and emerging violence, with shades of The Witch in the Window and Rosemary's Baby; Not for you if you want fast scares or constant action.
Pros: unsettling atmosphere; strong child performance; thoughtful character study | Cons: very slow pace; light on thrills; can feel dull
Themes
- motel
- murder
- drifter
- desert
- based on short story
- remote
- killer child
Cast & crew
David Morse
as John
Rainn Wilson
as William Colby
- EB
Emma Breeze
as Ted Henley
Bill Sage
as Sheriff Deacon Whit
Mike Vogel
as Dad
Zuleikha Robinson
as Mom
Aiden Lovekamp
as Ben
David Valencia
as Marcus
Andrés Echavarría
as Clayton
- AM
Amalia Santa Maria
as Jennifer
Directed by Craig William Macneill