"The Boy" was a bit of a mixed bag for me. It wasn't completely amazing but it definitely stopped short of being completely worthless.
On the good side, the film has some stupidly amazing performances from Rainn Wilson, David Morse and, especially, Jared Breeze. Additionally, director Craig William Macneill did a tremendous job of creating atmosphere and through visuals and music definitely gave the film an uneasy feeling that promised suspense and terror. On the bad side, the film never lives up to the atmosphere that was created due to a running length that felt too long, a story that dragged too often and poor character development.
The film had some potential but it stopped short of achieving it.
On the good side, the film has some stupidly amazing performances from Rainn Wilson, David Morse and, especially, Jared Breeze. Additionally, director Craig William Macneill did a tremendous job of creating atmosphere and through visuals and music definitely gave the film an uneasy feeling that promised suspense and terror. On the bad side, the film never lives up to the atmosphere that was created due to a running length that felt too long, a story that dragged too often and poor character development.
The film had some potential but it stopped short of achieving it.