The Boy (2015)

An intimate portrait of a 9-year-old sociopath's growing fascination with death.

Director:

Craig William Macneill

Writers:

Craig William Macneill, Clay McLeod Chapman (novel)

Stars:

David Morse, Jared Breeze, Rainn Wilson

1 win & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
David Morse	...	John Henley
Jared Breeze	...	Ted Henley
Rainn Wilson	...	William Colby
Bill Sage	...	Sheriff Deacon Whit
Mike Vogel	...	Dad
Zuleikha Robinson	...	Mom
Aiden Lovekamp	...	Ben
David Valencia	...	Marcus
Sam Morse	...	Derek
Andres Echavarria	...	Clayton
Luisa Brooke	...	Alyson
Amalia Santa Maria	...	Jennifer (as Amalia Santamaria)
Manuela Guerra	...	Sara
Hong Kyu Park	...	Tommy
Victoria Escobar	...	Lana

Storyline

An intimate portrait of a 9-year-old sociopath's growing fascination with death.

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Plot Keywords:

boy in underwear | 9 year old | murder | child with a knife | son murders father | 

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Taglines:

Evil Always Begins Somewhere.

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 March 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Henley

Filming Locations:

Colombia

Company Credits

Production Co:

SpectreVision,Chiller Films,Contento Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Based on the chapter "The Henley Road Motel" from the novel "Miss Corpus" by Clay McLeod Chapman.

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Goofs

The movie is set in 1989. When Ted and the other boy explore the sewer tunnel, Ted uses a multi-LED flashlight. LED flashlights were invented in 1998, and were not commercially available before 2001.

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Soundtracks

Nightmare
Performed by Jefferey Alan Jones

User Reviews

I'd rather watch paint dry.

To be honest, it seemed like an interesting idea that simply didn't work as a film. Although there's some great acting, the plot moves so slowly that it's like pulling teeth. I found myself getting very bored quite early on and things just never really picked up from there. The characters are interesting and well developed, but just don't seem to engage the audience, leaving you with little sympathy for them as events unfold. As always, I stuck with this movie to the end hoping that it would improve or that I'd be dazzled by some shocking twist in the plot towards the end, but to no avail. As a study into mental health disorders or the origins of psychotic or sociopathic behaviour it's probably excellent - as an entertaining movie to watch one evening at home, unfortunately it fails on many levels and leaves you wondering why you bothered to waste your time.