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  • 2017
  • Unrated
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2017
  • Unrated
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 25 m

Summary After the death of his son, Brad O’Connor (Anthony Rapp) becomes entangled in a chaotic and passionate online love affair with Yenny (Jimmy Brooks), a young Jamaican man. With both Brad and his wife Marcia (De’Adre Aziza) seeking solace in destructive ways, their lives and relationships are pushed to the brink, culminating in tragic con...

Directed By: John G. Young

Written By: John G. Young

  • 2017
  • Unrated
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2017
  • Unrated
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 25 m

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Summary After the death of his son, Brad O’Connor (Anthony Rapp) becomes entangled in a chaotic and passionate online love affair with Yenny (Jimmy Brooks), a young Jamaican man. With both Brad and his wife Marcia (De’Adre Aziza) seeking solace in destructive ways, their lives and relationships are pushed to the brink, culminating in tragic con...

Directed By: John G. Young

Written By: John G. Young

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75
Jul 13, 2017
If the ultimate result isn’t precisely perfect, it should serve to announce Young as a voice we ought to get to listen to more often.
By Jose Solís FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 20, 2017
For most of its running time — thanks to director Young’s visual rigor and the excellent performances of its leads — Bwoy keeps us in this cinematic fugue state, where reality only peeks through in brief flashes.
By Bilge Ebiri FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 30, 2017
Circumstances that might have been static in less skilled hands are given tantalizing life by Young, the actors and the deft camerawork of cinematographer Ryan Balas.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 30, 2017
Bwoy (Jamaican patois for boy), which largely plays like a stage-appropriate two-hander, is ultimately a surprising and cathartic, if often unsettling, film anchored by Rapp’s superb portrayal of a tortured soul desperate to connect. Brooks’ deftly enticing turn is also a standout.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 22, 2017
Mr. Young, who also wrote the script, teases out the story in bits of coy hints and half-truths about a tragic accident, leaving too many questions unanswered.
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Production Company Novo Novus Productions
Release Date Mar 31, 2017
Duration 1 h 25 m
Rating Unrated
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Website http://www.bwoyfilm.com/
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