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Let's Call It A Bromance
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The Boy (2016)
The Boy (2016)Quote: The Boy, previously known as The Inhabitant, is a 2016 American supernatural horror film directed by William Brent Bell and written by Stacey Menear. The film stars Lauren Cohan. Filming began on March 10, 2015, in Victoria, British Columbia. The film was released by STX Entertainment on January 22, 2016.
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Fri Jan 22, 2016 9:55 am |
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David
Pure Phase
Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:33 am Posts: 34865 Location: Maryland
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Re: The Boy (2016)
To escape an abusive relationship, Greta (Lauren Cohan) moves from America to rural England, finding a position as a caregiver for a wealthy couple's child. Only after she is at their large manor do they reveal the quote-unquote child, Brahms, is in fact a life-sized porcelain doll, a representation of the troubled son they lost in a fire 20 years ago. Greta, left alone when the husband and wife go on holiday, is instructed to adhere to a strict routine, including feeding, playing music for, and reading stories to her charge, whom she slowly begins to suspect may be more than just a pacifying toy for her elderly and grieving employers. This is a small, but creepy, entertaining, and well-told mystery with extremely handsome production design and a sympathetic lead performance by Cohan. William Brent Bell is a poorly regarded director due to the mediocre video-game slasher Stay Alive and the godawful found-footage film The Devil Inside, but in a surprise twist, he proves rather adept at emulating the this-old-house atmosphere and slowly burning suspense of a film such as The Changeling.
B+
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Fri Jan 22, 2016 3:54 pm |
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David
Pure Phase
Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:33 am Posts: 34865 Location: Maryland
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Re: The Boy (2016)
The twist is strongly reminiscent of the New Zealand movie Housebound. Not sure if it is a coincidence or not, but I believe both movies handle it well enough.
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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:28 pm Posts: 92093 Location: Bonn, Germany
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Re: The Boy (2016)
Housebound does, this one doesn't.
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Fri Jan 22, 2016 5:26 pm |
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i.hope
Defeats all expectations
Joined: Fri May 26, 2006 5:04 pm Posts: 6665
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Re: The Boy (2016)
Housebound I found it lacking a connecting theme as a one-piece. This I won't see.
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Fri Jan 22, 2016 5:30 pm |
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tree and a half
Cream of the Crop
Joined: Mon Jan 11, 2016 11:38 am Posts: 2084
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Re: The Boy (2016)
The Boy surprised me with it's reasonably good story and satisfying twist. It definitely performed above it's pay grade. *B*
(Bonus points for being the rare horror movie having a lead female character who didn't need rescuing by a man!)
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Wed Feb 03, 2016 5:43 am |
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Dil
Forum General
Joined: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:48 pm Posts: 8942 Location: Houston, Texas
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Re: The Boy (2016)
It's not awful, but I still didn't really like it. I don't mind a slow burner as long as the build up is good, but for the most part this was just boring. The acting is fine, although none of the characters were interesting to me and the last 20 minutes were ridiculous. The twist was done much better in Housebound and honestly I'd rather watch that again than this.
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Wed Apr 06, 2016 1:49 am |
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zwackerm
Hold the door!
Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2014 10:26 pm Posts: 20340 Location: Where they shot Knock at the Cabin
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Re: The Boy (2016)
This movie is kind of dumb, and feels like what we've seen before. It was creepy at points, but also very predictable. Feels like everyone put in an effort except for the screenwriter.
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Thu Jul 28, 2016 4:36 pm |
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Jack Sparrow
KJ's Leading Idiot
Joined: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:15 pm Posts: 36923
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Re: The Boy (2016)
I remember watching it earlier this year and in general was a decent movie with a good atmosphere and set-up but over-the-top ending. The script wanted to try and please most of its audience by being surprising and gory at the same time but its just not well made. The relationship with "Boy" and Cohan just had more concentration on jealousy than bonding which made it looks weak overall. The acting was decent overall.
5/10
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Fri Jul 29, 2016 4:11 am |
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