The Boy

20162016
PG-13PG-13
1h 37min

The Boy (2016)

An American nanny is shocked that her new English family's boy is actually a life-sized doll.

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An American nanny is shocked that her new English family's boy is actually a life-sized doll. After she violates a list of strict rules, disturbing events make her believe that the doll is r... Read allAn American nanny is shocked that her new English family's boy is actually a life-sized doll. After she violates a list of strict rules, disturbing events make her believe that the doll is really alive.An American nanny is shocked that her new English family's boy is actually a life-sized doll. After she violates a list of strict rules, disturbing events make her believe that the doll is really alive.

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Awards
- 6 nominations

Diana Hardcastle, Jim Norton, and Lauren Cohan in The Boy (2016)

Lauren Cohan in The Boy (2016)

William Brent Bell in The Boy (2016)

Lauren Cohan in The Boy (2016)

Lauren Cohan in The Boy (2016)

Diana Hardcastle and Jim Norton in The Boy (2016)

Lauren Cohan in The Boy (2016)

Lauren Cohan in The Boy (2016)

Rupert Evans and Lauren Cohan in The Boy (2016)

Lauren Cohan, Joey Graceffa, Austin Mahone, and J.C. Caylen at an event for The Boy (2016)

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The Boy (2016)

Brahms: The Boy II

4.7

Brahms: The Boy II

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6.2

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6.3

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7.0

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6.2

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6.5

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6.2

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6.3

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6.8

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6.2

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6.6

Insidious: Chapter 2

Greta, a young American woman, takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village and discovers that the family's 8-year-old is a life-sized doll that the parents care for just like a real boy as a way to cope with the death of their actual son 20 years ago. When she violates a list of strict rules, her worst nightmare is brought to life by a series of disturbing, inexplicable events and she comes to believe that the doll is alive. —STX Entertainment

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Taglines
- Every child needs to feel loved.
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for violence and terror, and for some thematic material
Parents guide

Trivia
Cast members actually used the doll ("Brahms") to prank each other on the set. On one occasion, one of the cast members propped the doll up outside of the other actor's bathroom in their trailer to scare them. Upon seeing this, they hurled the doll outside of their trailer and the crew had to repair it and make a replacement doll.

Goofs
The telephone in the house makes the USA dead tone (blips) rather than the UK dead tone (a continuous tone).

Quotes
Greta Evans: You wouldn't hurt me, would you, Brahms?

Connections
Featured in FoundFlix: THE BOY (2016) Ending Explained (2016)

Soundtracks
The Magic Flute, K.260, Act II: Der Hölle Rache
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra

Top review

9/10

You wonder if you're going mad or she is.

When an American nanny arrives in a British country home, she discovers she's paid to look after a doll.

I am so surprised to see the relatively low score and number of negative reviews, I was really impressed by this movie, it was original, intelligent and kept me wondering through to the end. I can see why some would dislike it, those perhaps that were expecting a Chucky style film. In fact this film is a cleverly conceived, well crafted thriller. I appreciate some bits are far fetched, such as the ex boyfriend's arrival, and of course the conclusion, but as for being watchable I couldn't take my eyes off it for a second for fear of missing something.

Well acted by all, this is a film I will definitely watch again. 9/10

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Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $35,819,556
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,778,392
- Jan 24, 2016
Gross worldwide
- $73,929,392

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Runtime
- 1h 37min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Atmos
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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