The Boys Are Back
by Scott Hicks
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Actor: Clive Owen, Emma Booth, Erik Thomson, George MacKay, Laura FraserDirector: Scott Hicks
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 104 minutes
Published: 2010-01-01
DVD Release Date: 2010-01-26
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Miramax Films
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Movie Review: Heartwarming and honest...
Summary: 5 Stars
There's an honesty to `The Boys Are Back' (awful title for a genuinely good movie) that makes it so much better than I expected. Sure, it has flaws, and there are clichés that litter this `semi-biographical' film, but the overall feeling I'm left with is one of fractured beauty that makes me smile, cry and remember nearly every scene.
The film tells the story of Joe Warr, a sweet yet immature father and husband who loses his world when his beautiful wife suddenly dies of cancer. Having everything throw in the air, Joe dashes about trying to pick up every piece. A big piece is his young son, Artie, who isn't quite sure how to greive the loss of his mother. Throw in the mix an older son, from Joe's previous marriage, and you have a odd little family that blossoms out of failure. Joe wasn't a very good dad to his eldest son Harry. He left him when he was six and hasn't seen him since. Harry grew up in England with his mother while Joe started his new family over in Australia. Joe's job (sports writer) kept him even at arms length from Artie, but he certainly has a bond with the boy that Harry sees lacking in his own relationship. Soon after his wife's death, Joe finds himself picking Harry up from the airport, and that is when the real life begins for these three `boys'.
Don't get me wrong, there is a predictability here that one must expect. The see-saw of emotions between father and sons is there, as well as tensions between in-laws and the `other woman', but they are all handled with so much care and a sliver of originality that one feels as though this is real.
It's so incredibly moving.
The acting here on all counts is semi flawless. Clive Owen sinks into his role effortlessly, displaying raw depression and a earnestness to do right by his children (and most everyone else around him) despite constant failings. Emma Booth has a nice turn as a beauty (yes, she is stunning) who catches Joe's eye, and I really love the way the relationship is handled in the film. It is not as cliché as one might expect! Both George McAnulty and Nicholas McAnulty really soar as Joe's sons, especially George who just captures every bit of confused emotional angst Harry is feeling at every waking moment. Your heart breaks for him.
The film does not play up the schmaltz, which is commendable. It doesn't go for easy heart tugs, and when it does attempt to get your tear ducts working, it does so in a way that feels organic as apposed to manipulated. Because of that, your not going to bawl your eyes out as easily as you would watching a number of other films, but you will feel in your heart what you don't feel with those other films; a real love.
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