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- 2023
- TV-14
- Home Box Office (HBO)
- 1 h 30 m
- 2023
- TV-14
- Home Box Office (HBO)
- 1 h 30 m
Summary Gymnast David Holmes played Daniel Radcliffe’s stunt double in the Harry Potter films until a tragic on-set accident left him paralyzed. With his life turned upside down, David's extraordinary spirit of resilience becomes a source of strength and inspiration to everyone around him.
Directed By: Dan Hartley
- 2023
- TV-14
- Home Box Office (HBO)
- 1 h 30 m
- 2023
- TV-14
- Home Box Office (HBO)
- 1 h 30 m
David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived
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Summary Gymnast David Holmes played Daniel Radcliffe’s stunt double in the Harry Potter films until a tragic on-set accident left him paralyzed. With his life turned upside down, David's extraordinary spirit of resilience becomes a source of strength and inspiration to everyone around him.
Directed By: Dan Hartley
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
71
80% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
20% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
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Alternately uplifting and devastating, a warm reminiscence about the Harry Potter franchise and a glimpse into child stardom, it’s finally a tribute to its namesake, who concludes that he’d “better tell my story, or it won’t be told.”
Much of what makes “The Boy Who Lived” special are the inexplicable ways people respond to the unexpected, and the randomly tragic, and whether they stick around when it would be much easier to vanish, as if by wizardry.
Not a deeply probing Hollywood documentary but filled to the brim with fun behind-the-scenes footage. The Boy Who Lived is a likable, grounded, and heartfelt portrait of a Harry Potter stuntman whose career was cut far too short.
“The Boy Who Lived” provides an unusual behind-the-scenes portrait of how life goes on after movies are made.
The Boy Who Lived lacks the complexity and frisson that might have set it apart in an increasingly crowded documentary field, or pushed it beyond its feel-good parameters.
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Production Company
HBO Documentary Films,
Lightbox,
Ripple World Pictures,
Sky Documentaries
Release Date Nov 15, 2023
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating TV-14
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Awards
BAFTA Awards
• 1 Nomination
