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  • 2008
  • R
  • The Weinstein Company
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 2008
  • R
  • The Weinstein Company
  • 1 h 46 m

Summary BOY A is a fictional story about Jack. His involvement in the murder of another child means Jack, at 24, has spent most of his young life in juvenile prisons. Released from prison into an unrecognizable adult world, Jack is given a new name, new job, new home; a new life. But anonymity is both a blessing and a curse as Jack has to conten...

Directed By: John Crowley

Written By: Mark O'Rowe, Jonathan Trigell

  • 2008
  • R
  • The Weinstein Company
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 2008
  • R
  • The Weinstein Company
  • 1 h 46 m

Boy A

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
75
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 21 User Ratings
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Summary BOY A is a fictional story about Jack. His involvement in the murder of another child means Jack, at 24, has spent most of his young life in juvenile prisons. Released from prison into an unrecognizable adult world, Jack is given a new name, new job, new home; a new life. But anonymity is both a blessing and a curse as Jack has to conten...

Directed By: John Crowley

Written By: Mark O'Rowe, Jonathan Trigell

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
75
86% Positive
19 Reviews
14% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
75
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100
One of the most gripping, thought provoking dramas ever to ponder crime and punishment.
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88
Mullen and Garfield anchor the film. Mullen, that splendid Scottish actor ("My Name Is Joe") and Garfield, 24, with his boyish face and friendly grin.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
80
Jack, as played by Andrew Garfield, comes across as agonized, desperately anxious to get things right -- something you might also say about the filmmakers, who have turned Boy A's very particular story into a scary, universal and wrenching social statement.
By Bob Mondello FULL REVIEW
75
The genius of Garfield's performance is that he fills him with equal amounts of terror and wonder.
By Michael Sragow FULL REVIEW
75
Like "Control," the recent Anton Corbijn treatment of rock star Ian Curtis' short life, the powerful British drama Boy A announces its gravitas with a look--organically achieved, with cinematography, production design and direction working together--you are meant to notice.
By Michael Phillips FULL REVIEW
63
Boy A comes frustratingly close to succeeding as tragedy.
By Wesley Morris FULL REVIEW
50
This is another of those dead-kid dramas in which the terrible event is handled like a striptease--tantalizing flashes until the climax.
By David Edelstein FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 21 User Ratings
8.0
90% Positive
19 Ratings
10% Mixed
2 Ratings
0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 21 User Ratings
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10% Mixed
2 Ratings
0% Negative
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Production Company The Weinstein Company, Film4, Cuba Pictures
Release Date Jul 23, 2008
Duration 1 h 46 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Who Decides Who Gets A Second Chance?
Website http://www.boyamovie.info/
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Awards

BAFTA Awards
• 4 Wins & 7 Nominations
Dinard British Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
CinEuphoria Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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