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On DVD: "Boy A," "The Unforeseen"
10/07/08 The British have a thing about underage sociopathy -- we in the U.S. will puzzle and wonder as a culture about the latest school shooter or the very occasional death-metal bogus-ritual killing, but in tabloid-crazy England a news story of a child murdering a child pinches very powerful nerve endings, and the social wound of it is felt universally and lasts for years, if not indefinitely. | Independent Film Channel (IFC) -
'Boy A' is excellent
08/23/08 Usually, when a distributor chooses not to show a movie to critics it's because it's so craptacular they want to keep word of mouth at bay. | JAM! Showbiz -
Review: Boy A
07/23/08 Moviefone Movies about ex-convicts and their difficulty assimilating back into society generally begin with the prison release, during which the protagonist typically looks downright miserable. | Cinematical.com -
CRIME TALE DOESN'T PAY
07/22/08 JOHN Crowley's "Boy A" is a well-acted but familiar British drama about a 24-year-old parolee (Andrew Garfield) haunted by a horrible crime in which he participated as a child. | New York Post - New York NY