One summer, four orphans boys who have grown to be the closest of friends find themselves competing for the attention of the same family.One summer, four orphans boys who have grown to be the closest of friends find themselves competing for the attention of the same family.One summer, four orphans boys who have grown to be the closest of friends find themselves competing for the attention of the same family.
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- Director
- Writers
- Ronald Kinnoch(story)
- Michael Noonan(novel)
- Marc Rosenberg(screenplay)
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- Director
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- Ronald Kinnoch(story)
- Michael Noonan(novel)
- Marc Rosenberg(screenplay)
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- Director
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- Ronald Kinnoch(story)
- Michael Noonan(novel)
- Marc Rosenberg(screenplay)
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Storyline
An adult nicknamed Misty is narrating a story about one summer in his life when he was an adolescent in the late 1960s. He was living in a Catholic orphanage in the Australian outback. His best mates were the "December boys" - Maps, Spark and Spit - the four of them so named because they were the boys in the orphanage born in the month of December. With a recent windfall, the orphanage decided to give each of the boys a group vacation for each of their birthdays, the December boys the first to go. Their vacation was to Lady Star Cove on the Australian coast, to stay at the home of Mrs. and Mrs. McAnsh - Bandy and "Skipper". Their relatively carefree Christmas vacation took a turn primarily from three events: learning the reason the McAnshes hosted the boys specifically at this time; Maps, the oldest in his mid-teens, exploring his sexuality with a girl named Lucy, who was also visiting Lady Star Cove for the summer; and Misty secretly learning that a young couple in the cove, Fearless and Teresa, were thinking about adopting one of them, the couple who were unable to conceive a child of their own. Beyond the dreams of especially the younger three to be adopted by a loving family, Fearless had the extra wow factor of being a stunt motorcyclist as his profession. Misty, the youngest, tried the hardest to be the one chosen, even initially keeping the fact of Fearless and Teresa thinking about adopting one of them from the other three. Misty concludes his story with the reason why he is telling it at this stage in his life. —Huggo
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- After that summer nothing would ever be the same again.
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- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for sexual content, nudity, underage drinking and smoking
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Did you know
- TriviaFreddie Highmore (age 13 when the feature was filmed) was originally set to star. His agent and mother also represents Daniel Radcliffe (age 16 during filming) which is how Daniel came on board; Freddie had to pull out because his grandmother became sick and he couldn't leave England to film in Australia.
- GoofsAlthough the film is apparently set in the 1950s or early 1960s at most, the record Maps finds in the cave features Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky", released in 1969. Later, when Maps and Lucy listen to another record, the song played is Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Who'll Stop the Rain?", released in 1970.
Top review
Liked it.
"December boys" is a tale of growing up, of brotherhood, of love and most of all about friendship. It's a good movie, I really felt that I cared for what happened to the boys, especially Maps and Misty.
Teresa Palmer as Lucy is absolutely beautiful, it's the first time I've laid my eyes on her. You'd think she is a brainless blonde when seeing her, but this one actually can act. At least I felt so. I also liked Fearless, Teresa, Bandy and his wife. They all seemed like so very nice people.
After a somewhat slow start, I was entertained 'til the very end. I found myself watching with interest. Still, It's a movie I suspect I wouldn't like as much the next time, or the time after that. I know the story, it doesn't feel like it would be so interesting when it's not the first time.
All in all, this December boy gives the December boys a 7/10 stars. Well done.
Teresa Palmer as Lucy is absolutely beautiful, it's the first time I've laid my eyes on her. You'd think she is a brainless blonde when seeing her, but this one actually can act. At least I felt so. I also liked Fearless, Teresa, Bandy and his wife. They all seemed like so very nice people.
After a somewhat slow start, I was entertained 'til the very end. I found myself watching with interest. Still, It's a movie I suspect I wouldn't like as much the next time, or the time after that. I know the story, it doesn't feel like it would be so interesting when it's not the first time.
All in all, this December boy gives the December boys a 7/10 stars. Well done.
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- b_havag
- Jan 26, 2009
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- Also known as
- Un verano para toda la vida
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Box office
- Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $50,715
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $15,810
- Sep 16, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $1,175,579
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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