IMDb RATING
5.5/10
5.8K
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An intimate portrait of a 9-year-old sociopath's growing fascination with death.An intimate portrait of a 9-year-old sociopath's growing fascination with death.An intimate portrait of a 9-year-old sociopath's growing fascination with death.
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations
Amalia Santa Maria
- Jennifer
- (as Amalia Santamaria)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBased on the chapter "The Henley Road Motel" from the novel "Miss Corpus" by Clay McLeod Chapman.
- GoofsThe movie is set in 1989. When Ted and the other boy explore the sewer tunnel, Ted uses a multi-LED flashlight. LED flashlights were invented in 1998, and were not commercially available before 2001.
- ConnectionsRemake of Henley (2011)
- SoundtracksI Hate Myself for Loving You
Written by Desmond Child (uncredited) and Joan Jett (uncredited)
Performed by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
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The reviewers who disliked this movie didn't understand it. It's more European in its pacing and story arc, not for the simple-minded or those who do no outside reading. It is the best movie I've yet seen on the genesis of a sociopath and murderer, but it'a "quiet" film and assumes the viewer may know at least SOMEthing about one of the biggest topics of the last 50 years, serial murderers, and how they got that way. This boy has no guidance or love, his father is too wounded to notice or be of any real help. David Morse is always good, and Rainn Wilson's performance was revelatory.
I liked The Boy and have been recommending it to people I know who will "get" it. It gave me the creeps.
I liked The Boy and have been recommending it to people I know who will "get" it. It gave me the creeps.
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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