BigList
Login / Sign up
Boy A (2008)

Boy A (2008)

Drama Crime

Who decides who gets a second chance?

Release Date: 2008, July 23
Directors: John Crowley
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Cuba Pictures
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Steven Pacey, Peter Mullan, Jeremy Swift, Josef Altin, Anthony Lewis, Tilly Vosburgh, James Young, Katie Lyons, Shaun Evans, Siobhan Finneran, Skye Bennett

Overview:

Freed after a lengthy term in a juvenile detention center, convicted child killer Jack Burridge finds work as a deliveryman and begins dating co-worker Michelle. While out on the road one day, Jack notices a distressed child, and, after reuniting the girl with her family, becomes a local celebrity. But when a local newspaper unearths his past, Jack must cope with the anger of citizens who fear for the safety of their children.

Keywords:

based on novel or book based on true story coming of age grave bold hopeless parent child relationship harsh disheartening moral dilemma empathetic sympathetic melancholy incest childhood child abuse rape candid haunted by the past hard criminal rehabilitation violent youth