Borstal Boy
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Danny Dyer, Eva Birthistle, Lee Ingleby, Robin Laing, Shawn Hatosy Director: Peter Sheridan Writer: Peter Sheridan Producer: Arthur Lappin Producer: Jim Sheridan Producer: Judy Counihan Producer: Nye Heron Writer: Nye Heron Writer: Brendan Behan DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language) Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Running Time: 93 minutes DVD Release Date: 2002-10-15 Audience Rating: Unrated Studio: Strand Releasing |
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Movie Reviews of Borstal Boy
Movie Review: disappointing film
Summary: 2 Stars
I was all ready to love this movie. I've been a fan of Shawn Hatosy since his debut role in "In and Out", and I thought he did a great job in the litle-seen "Outside Providence". In fact Shawn does a great job playing the lead in this movie, as 16 year old Brendan Behan, the Irish drinker with a writing problem on whose autobiographical novel this movie is based. Behan cut a wide and boistrous swath through literature and tv talk shows before dying in the 60's at age 41 of alcoholism. The message of this movie, which seems to be that it is better to love than to hate, is far too simplistic, and i'm pretty sure Behan is laughing loudly at it up in the celestial pub. As i said Shawn Hatosy proves once again what a great actor he is, although his character here does have a stutter that comes and goes at odd times. The main problem with the movie is the utter unrealism of it. After being caught smuggling explosives into liverpool from Ireland as an IRA operative, Behan is sent to an English reform school for boys because he is underage. There he encounters numerous movie cliches, including the big game, the seemingly out-of-reach love interest, the escape plot, and the we-all-can see it coming why can't they disaster (a clearly visible landmine on the beach). That last is especially egregious, because first-time director Peter Sheridan puts the scene into almost unending slow motion, complete with soldiers waving the unfortunate and seemingly blind victims away. The best scene is when Behan and his best mate finally kiss. But this is a mainstream movie, so we have to make Behan also fall in love with the headmaster's beautiful daughter, who preposterously mixes unsupervised with the inmates. (She is nowhere to be found in the book, folks.) Shawn Hatosy is the best thing in this movie; he is very believably as a 16-year-old Irish boy. I'm sure he will escape unscathed from this silly movie.