This is a great exposé about a ridiculous excuse for a human interest story taking over the neighborhood news when it really should have stopped from spreading in the living room of young Dennis Waterman's family. He has lied about getting home late from school because he spent his bus fare and claims that he was denied passage because he couldn't find his ticket. Someone over here is, alerts the press, and the bus driver is turned into a public pariah. Reporters barge into the house where the boy lives, harassing his parents (Gordon Jackson and Zena Walker), and the chattering old biddies pass judgment on the parents in addition to getting driver into deep trouble.
Definitely the type of story that uses the analogy of "the boy who cried wolf" to present another moral tale, one that hopefully made some people in the audience very uncomfortable because they saw themselves in the townspeople sticking it in where it didn't belong. It also shows the truth about the reality of "good intentions", especially when it's based on non-truths. A great little quota quickie with terrific performances that shows how naive and gullible basically decent people are when they figuratively grab that pitchfork and head up the hill to the castle. I definitely had a good appreciation for this one, showing that even in some of the most unexpected of little movies can come a masterpiece. If ever a film's title could be called a metaphor, this one is it.
Definitely the type of story that uses the analogy of "the boy who cried wolf" to present another moral tale, one that hopefully made some people in the audience very uncomfortable because they saw themselves in the townspeople sticking it in where it didn't belong. It also shows the truth about the reality of "good intentions", especially when it's based on non-truths. A great little quota quickie with terrific performances that shows how naive and gullible basically decent people are when they figuratively grab that pitchfork and head up the hill to the castle. I definitely had a good appreciation for this one, showing that even in some of the most unexpected of little movies can come a masterpiece. If ever a film's title could be called a metaphor, this one is it.