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Boy A

Overview

Genre :

Drama

Release Date :

July 23, 2008 (Limited)

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

John Crowley

Starring :

Andrew Garfield, Peter Mullan, Shaun Evans, Katie Lyons, Skye Bennett, Alfie Owen, Siobhan Finneran

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  5 of 5 [Rate It]

“..wrenching..”
by Stephen Holden [NY Times]
2 of 4

“..well-acted but familiar..”
by Lou Lumenick [New York Post]
3 of 4

“..too brilliantly acted for that to really matter much..”
by Ken Fox [TV Guide]
“..a downbeat drama in which worst expectations are inexorably fulfilled..”
by Joe Leydon [Variety]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Chris Cabin [Filmcritic.com]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
Reviewed by Michael Rechtshaffen [Hollywood Reporter]

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