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| Boy A | 
 enlarge | Director: John Crowley
Actors: Andrew Garfield, Peter Mullan, Shaun Evans, Alfie Owen, Katie Lyons
Studio: Miriam Collection
Category: DVD
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 100 minutes
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Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WEID81549D
UPC: 796019815499
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Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: October 7, 2008
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The After Math of Traumatic Experiences November 16, 2008
I work in southern California as a mental health professional. This movie shows both the triumph and tragedy of traumatic life experiences. This is equally true for the victims, the families of the victims and the perpetrators. Well done. I occasionally run groups for male victims and perpetrators and plan to use this movie as a vehicle through which to explore their perspectives of themselves in relation to others.
 Realistic Grit November 13, 2008
John Crowley's "Boy A" is a good film that grabs attention and won't let go. Peter Mullan who won a Best Actor award from the Cannes International Festival for My Name Is Joe (1998. Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall, Anne-Marie Kennedy) plays Terry, a caseworker, assigned to help the reentry from prison for a young man, Jack Burridge. Jack is played by Andrew Garfield. While this was Garfield's first major film, he has gone on to work with Robert Redford in "Lions for Lambs" & with Johnny Depp in the upcoming "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassas." Garfield is all over the map emotionally, stoic & controlled, shy & uncertain, haunted & afraid to trust. It's an impressive performance. Jack starts a romance with Michelle played by Katie Lyons. While that relationship was never fully believable for me, it gave promise for good things in Jack's life. The sad conclusion gives realistic grit to the film. "Boy A" is well worth an evening's viewing. Enjoy!
Second chances don't always have happy endings - Excellent movie!! November 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After being locked up in prison for years for a boyhood crime, protagonist Jack tries to re-integrate into society as a young adult with the help of an appointed caseworker. He gets a job, falls in love and becomes a local hero before the truth of his past identity is maliciously revealed, sending his life into a dramatic plunge.
As we grow more and more fond of the adult Jack, flashbacks to is boyhood crime peel away layers of the onion to balance the attraction.
An excellent movie!!
Living with the Sins of Childhood October 27, 2008
30 out of 31 found this review helpful
BOY A is a film that moves the audience in ways few other films do. Part of this is the subject matter, part the solid drama of the novel by Jonathan Trigell on which Mark O'Rowe based his brilliantly understated screenplay, part the sensitive direction by John Crowley, and in large part is the cast of remarkably fine actors who make this impossibly treacherous story credible.
'Boy A' refers to Eric Wilson (Alfie Owen) who was jailed for a crime with his friend with whom he was associated as a youth. He has been released from prison and under the guidance of his 'parole officer/advisor' Terry (Peter Mullan), the now young adult is renamed Jack Burridge (Andrew Garfield) to protect him from the public who still remember the heinous crime of which he was convicted: Terry warns Jack to tell no one his real identity. Jack is assigned a new family and finds new friends in this strange world outside prison walls, but he is still haunted by the crime that changed his life. How Jack relates to his first female relationship and survives the bigotry of his classmates and city folk and finds a way to hold onto life despite his childhood 'sins' forms the development of this story.
While the entire cast is excellent, Andrew Garfield's performance as the guilt ridden needy Eric/Jack is exemplary. There are many issues this film deals with in addition to the trauma of starting life over after imprisonment, issues that are universal in nature and that probe our psyches for answers that are never easily resolved here. It is a brilliant little film from Canada. Highly recommended. Grady Harp, October 08
A Masterpiece! October 9, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
An incredible film. Never before have I seen and felt such emotional intimacy committed to film before this. Andrew Garfield has launched himself as an actor worthy of the BAFTA he won for this performance. I can't shake this one from my mind since seeing it in a theatre 3 weeks ago. My DVD arrived yesterday along with the book it is based upon. I need to keep it close.
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